E&OE…. Topics: Emissions Reduction Fund first auction results RAFAEL EPSTEIN: Greg Hunt is the Environment Minister, he’s also of course the Liberal Member for the seat of Flinders down on the peninsula. Minister, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: G’day, how are you? RAFAEL EPSTEIN: I’m good. Look, I suspect we need to get into a…
E&OE…. Topics: Emissions Reduction Fund first auction results LEIGH SALES: A major milestone was reached today in Australia’s plan to cut carbon emissions by five per cent by 2020. The first carbon abatement auction under the Federal Government’s Direct Action plan was held. Now don’t switch off; I know it sounds a bit dry…
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to host a landmark national summit on threatened species and launch its own strategy for our rare and endangered animals and plants. The Threatened Species Summit will be held at Melbourne Zoo on 16 July 2015. There are more than 1750 mammal, bird, reptile, fish, frog, insect…
The results of the first Emissions Reduction Fund auction released today clearly prove that the Coalition’s climate change policy is delivering real and significant abatement – just as we always said it would. The Clean Energy Regulator has awarded contracts for 47 million tonnes of abatement at an average price per tonne of $13.95. In…
E&OE…. Topics: Emissions Reduction Fund first auction results GREG HUNT: Good afternoon. I want to welcome the first Emissions Reduction Fund auction results today, announced by the Clean Energy Regulator. This is a stunning outcome. It far exceeds all of our expectations. And it achieves an outcome in the first auction – the first…
E&OE…. Topics: Emissions Reduction Fund first auction results DAVID SPEERS: Well we’re going to return now to our top story and the results of the first auction of the Emissions Reduction Fund, the centrepiece of the Government’s Direct Action plan. As we showed you earlier, a lot of criticism about this idea from the…
E&OE…. Topics: Threatened Species Summit, Leadbeater’s Possum RACHEL LOWRY: Good morning everybody. I’d like to start this morning’s procedures by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land in which we meet, the people of the Kulin nation. Healesville Sanctuary is a culturally significant site and we have a rich Indigenous history and a rich…
After carefully considering advice from the independent Threatened Species Scientific Committee and submissions from experts, interested organisations and the wider community, I have decided to list the Leadbeater’s possum as a ‘critically endangered’ species. The Threatened Species Scientific Committee’s recommendation was clear and unequivocal regarding the need to transfer the species from endangered to critically…
E&OE…. Topics: Climate change, Emissions Reduction Fund, post-2020 targets TOM CONNELL: Greg Hunt, thank you for your time. GREG HUNT: Pleasure. TOM CONNELL: Now, there were reports on Monday, and I spoke about them on the program, that Australia’s been given a please explain of sorts from various countries about the ongoing process when…
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH MR ANDREW NIKOLIC AM CSC MP, FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BASS Dairy farmers in Tasmania’s Tamar estuary and Esk rivers catchment areas are set to benefit from grants of up to $5000 to support their efforts to help clean up the region’s waterways. The funding is part of the Australian Government’s National…