E&OE…. Topics: Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Clean Energy Innovation Fund DAVID SPEERS: Greg Hunt, thank you very much for your time this afternoon. Now you once described the CEFC – the Clean Energy Finance Corporation – as a giant green hedge fund, borrowed in taxpayers' name for investing in speculative ventures.…
E&OE…. Topics: Recycling, climate change, Tony Abbott, election timing, Senate reform, Australian Building and Construction Commission TOM ELLIOTT: Greg Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Now first, are you surprised as I was today to find out that a cardboard coffee cup is actually not recyclable? GREG HUNT: Yes I…
E&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching, Clean Energy Finance Corporation, climate change, election timing FRAN KELLY: Minister welcome back to Breakfast. GREG HUNT: Good morning Fran. FRAN KELLY: You took that observation flight yesterday and flew north of Lizard Island I believe, where the coral is suffering the most. Can you describe what you…
E&OE…. Topics: Newspoll, Turnbull Government’s agenda, Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching KIERAN GILBERT: Mr Hunt thanks very much for your time, and there's a lot to talk about in relation to the Great Barrier Reef… GREG HUNT: Good morning Kieran. KIERAN GILBERT: …and this coral bleaching emergency that we're seeing at the moment. But first…
E&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching, Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, election timing, tax cuts GREG HUNT: I’m very pleased to be here in Cairns with the head of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Dr Russell Reichelt. Because of the Pacific-wide issue relating to an El Nino, we have been inspecting in…
E&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching, climate change, CSIRO MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Minister, welcome to the program. GREG HUNT: Good morning. MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: This is pretty stark confirmation of what's happening in the world, isn't it? Are we all acting fast enough, and is Australia doing enough? GREG HUNT: Look I think the world has…
E&OE…. Topics: Carbon neutral cities, election timing, Wonthaggi desalination plant, HMAS Cerberus TOM ELLIOTT: Mr Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon, Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Now, I read today in The Australian newspaper that you are about to launch– launch a push for a carbon neutral city. What is that and which city are…
E&OE…. Topics: Plastic shopping bags, microbeads BILL WOODS: Greg Hunt, thank you for your time. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon, Bill. BILL WOODS: Now as we've said, some of the major companies are on board here with the phase out, so what's really prompted you to threaten introducing a law on this? GREG HUNT: Look,…
E&OE…. Topics: Ministerial Roundtable, plastic shopping bags, microbeads, election timing TOM ELLIOTT: Mr Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Okay, so you've just been talking to your state counterparts about this very issue. Have you banned plastic bags? GREG HUNT: No. What has happened… TOM ELLIOTT: Are you about to…
E&OE…. Topics: Ministerial Roundtable, plastic shopping bags, microbeads GREG HUNT: Let me start in welcoming everybody here, by thanking Nadia – she talked about Cam Kerr as one of the big bosses, and I always agree with that – but she talked about the custodianship of Indigenous leaders for land and country, and being out…