JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH HON DR STEVEN MILES MP, QUEENSLAND MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT & HON JACKIE TRAD MP, QUEENSLAND DEPUTY PREMIER Australia and Queensland strongly welcome the final and unanimous decision of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to not place the Great Barrier Reef on its world heritage in-danger list. In fact, all references…
E&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, Joe Hockey defamation case, donations, anti-radicalisation in schools NICK MCCALLUM: We're joined now in his regular slot by Greg Hunt, the Federal Environment Minister. We find him in Bonn in Germany. So it's good morning to you, Minister. GREG HUNT: It is indeed but we've been up sort of very…
The Australian Government will revise its national marine debris plan to limit the damage that plastic and other waste products cause to Australia’s marine life. Marine debris – garbage washed from land or dumped by ships at sea and abandoned fishing gear – poses a serious danger to all sea creatures. Marine species can ingest…
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH HON DR STEVEN MILES MP, QUEENSLAND MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT & HON JACKIE TRAD MP, QUEENSLAND DEPUTY PREMIER The Australian and Queensland Governments have made a significant update to the Great Barrier Reef Intergovernmental Agreement, established in 1979, to further strengthen our plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef. The Reef…
As part of our strong commitment to protecting the Great Barrier Reef, the Federal Government is appointing an Independent Expert Panel to provide scientific advice on Reef priorities and actions. The Panel will be chaired by Australia’s Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb, and will include leading Australian scientists from a variety of scientific disciplines. The…
More than 150 new Green Army projects are set to hit the ground in every state and territory across the country as part of round three of the programme. The new round three projects bring the total number of projects ready to be delivered over the first three years of the programme to 704. We’ve…
E&OE…. Topics: Green Army Round 3 Project Announcement GREG HUNT: Look, welcome everybody this morning to Red Hill. I particularly want to welcome Senator Zed Seselja but also the Green Army team. This is the ACT Connecting Communities Green Army team and especially to the Friends groups. To the Red Hill Park Care team that’s…
E&OE…. Topics: Zaky Mallah, Renewable Energy Target, climate change, Great Barrier Reef DAVID SPEERS: Now to our guest this afternoon, the Environment Minister Greg Hunt, who last night saw that Renewable Energy Target legislation finally passed through the Senate. Thank you for your time. GREG HUNT: Pleasure. DAVID SPEERS: We're going to get to that…
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH HON IAN MACFARLANE MP, MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE The Senate has passed a Renewable Energy Target (RET) that will result in more than 23.5% of Australia’s electricity being derived from renewable sources by 2020. There will be considerable growth in both small and large scale renewable energy by 2020 and…
The Government has significantly exceeded its first year target of 250 Green Army teams – with more than 300 projects already commenced or completed. Green Army projects are underway in every state and territory with young people working on a range projects that are making a difference to our environment. Local communities and participants continue…