The Green Army will reach another major milestone this week with 54 new projects starting work, bringing the total number of projects underway or completed to 165. We committed to delivering 250 projects on the ground in the first year of the Green Army and we are on track to exceed that target. We are…
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH HON TONY ABBOTT MP, PRIME MINISTER AND HON JULIE BISHOP MP, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Commonwealth Government is inviting submissions on Australia’s next greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the post-2020 period. We are determined to reduce emissions – but without a carbon tax and without destroying jobs. All countries…
E&OE…. Topics: Issues paper on ‘setting Australia’s post-2020 target for greenhouse gas emissions’, bank tax. MINISTER HUNT: On Monday, we released figures which show that Australia was on track to meet or beat our 2020 targets. We are reducing emissions without a carbon tax and we’ll achieve our international obligations. On Thursday, we released…
Owners and managers of places on Australia’s National Heritage List are invited to apply for funding to help protect some of Australia’s most significant historic sites. The Australian Government’s Protecting National Historic Sites programme is part of a commitment to provide opportunities to protect and maintain the historic values of places recognised on Australia’s…
The Australian Government is seeking public feedback on options for the planned Emissions Reduction Fund safeguard mechanism. The safeguard mechanism will ensure that abatement achieved under the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) is not offset by rises in emissions elsewhere in the economy. Implementation of the crediting and purchasing components of the ERF are already underway,…
I welcome the release of the Dredge Synthesis Report today by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), and I thank the scientists involved for their work. The Report was compiled by an independent panel of 19 experts with a range of relevant skills, experience and…
E&OE…. Topics: Entitlements, Newspoll, Penalty Rates, Great Barrier Reef TOM ELLIOTT: Right, joining us now, the Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt. Mr Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And g’day Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Now, can I just ask you – I gave your leader, Tony Abbott, and the Treasurer a bit of a whack today…
E&OE…. Topics: Newspoll, Leadership, Great Barrier Reef, Budget MARK PARTON: Greg Hunt is the Federal Environment Minister and he’s probably been going over these Newspoll figures. I don’t know if he cares or he doesn’t. G’day Greg GREG HUNT: Good morning. How are you? MARK PARTON: Not bad. I said earlier that the pugilist…
Australia’s abatement challenge has shrunk significantly in recent years, as highlighted in figures released by the Department of the Environment today. We will easily meet our commitment to reduce Australia’s emissions by five per cent from 2000 levels by 2020. Under Labor, Australia’s abatement challenge to achieve the five per cent target was forecast to…
E&OE…. Topics: Renewable Energy Target, Great Barrier Reef Long-Term Sustainability Plan FRAN KELLY: First though the Abbott Government has stepped up its campaign to save the Great Barrier Reef from being placed on the United Nations in-danger list. It’s pledged another $100 million to improve water quality, in what the PM has described as…