E&OE…. Topics: AGL solar plant, renewable energy policy, Broken Hill heritage listing ANDREW SCHMIDT: Minister, good morning. GREG HUNT: And good morning, it's a beautiful hot day out at Nyngan and we've just launched the plant, which is 1.36 million panels. So it is an unbelievable site – that here just on the edge of…
DetailsDoorstop – Sydney E&OE…. Topics: Returning Malabar Headland to the people of New South Wales GREG HUNT: I am delighted to be here with Mark Speakman, the New South Wales Environment and Heritage Minister. We said that we would transfer the coastal portion of Malabar Headland – and to be here with Bruce Notley-Smith, the…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Abbot Point Growth Gateway project CRAIG ZONCA: Minister Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Craig. CRAIG ZONCA: Environmentalists say this plan will ruin the Reef. Why do you think it should go ahead? GREG HUNT: Well it is of course a Queensland Labor Government proposal. And there are two big things…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: National Clean Air Agreement, voluntary phase-out of micro-beads. GREG HUNT: I’m delighted to announce that Australia has for the first time a National Clean Air Agreement. States and territories have agreed with the Commonwealth on creating a National Clean Air Agreement. This means standards for small particulate matter. This means our air is…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: MYEFO, Green Army, National Clean Air Agreement, Paris climate summit NICK MCCALLUM: Greg Hunt, Federal Environment Minister is here, he's in his usual slot. Good afternoon to you, Minister. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon, Nick. NICK MCCALLUM: Okay so there is so much to talk about. We have the half yearly budget analysis…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Paris climate summit MARIUS BENSON: Greg Hunt, there are different assessments of Paris – some are saying it's a 100 per cent result, others saying it's a zero per cent result – what number would you put on it? GREG HUNT: Look I think it is a very significant success for the globe.…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Paris climate agreement, Clean Energy Finance Corporation mandate MICHAEL ROWLAND: Minister, good morning to you. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Michael. MICHAEL ROWLAND: Practically, what does the Paris deal mean for Australia? GREG HUNT: Well what it means is that for the first time all countries are involved in what I regard as a…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Paris climate agreement HAMISH MACDONALD: Minister welcome again to Breakfast. GREG HUNT: It's a pleasure. HAMISH MACDONALD: The Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says that Australia now has the flexibility to do more to reduce carbon emissions. Will Australia do more now? GREG HUNT: Well we have in fact just upped our target to…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Paris climate agreement LUKE GRANT: Minister good to talk to you. GREG HUNT: Good morning Luke. LUKE GRANT: So at the end of the day, should we be changing policy necessarily in this country in order to meet the commitments that we've signed up to in Paris? For people listening to me, the…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Paris climate agreement, Clean Energy Finance Corporation mandate ALI MOORE: Greg Hunt, good morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning Ali. ALI MOORE: A good deal, or just the best deal that could be done in the circumstances? GREG HUNT: No I do think it is a very good agreement. I think it's arguably the…
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