E&OE…. Topics: Liberal Party, Budget MARK PARTON: Greg Hunt, Federal Environment Minister’s on the line right now. G’day Greg. GREG HUNT: Good morning Mark. I’ve got to say when I hear a story like that one, you’re right, if people don’t like animals then they shouldn’t be keeping them and it’s extraordinary that it…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Plastic bags, Leadership JOHN STANLEY: Greg Hunt, good morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning guys. JOHN STANLEY: Are you the nanny in all of this, are you? GREG HUNT: No, actually my job is to help clean up the environment and I think we can do that and we can do it without…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef STEVE AUSTIN: That’s just one excerpt from Life on the Reef and follows those who live in the most extraordinary places on planet earth. Greg Hunt is Australia’s Federal Minister for the Environment. Greg Hunt, good morning to you. GREG HUNT: Good morning Steve. STEVE AUSTIN: Did you watch…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Plastic bags BEN FORDHAM: And Greg Hunt, the Federal Environment Minister, wants to do something about that. He’s on the line. Minister, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: G’day Ben. BEN FORDHAM: We are one of the slack States, are we, when it comes to phasing out plastic bags? GREG HUNT: Look, I would…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Environment Ministers Meeting, National Clean Air Agreement, Renewable Energy Target, Leadership speculation MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Despite the leadership rumblings the Government is still trying to get on with business. Yesterday State Environment Ministers met in Canberra to discuss, among other things a draft National Clean Air Agreement. There’s still work to do but…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Shenhua Watermark project GREG HUNT: I came here to listen today to farmers, to Indigenous leaders, to Barnaby Joyce and to the community, to hear what they had to say about their land, their water, their children and in particular – the future. It’s immensely valuable. There is no substitute for getting…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Microbeads and microplastics, Meeting of Environment Ministers, National Clean Air Agreement, Renewable Energy Target, Emissions Reduction Fund DAVID SPEERS: Greg Hunt, thank you for your time this afternoon. Can I ask you, what – here in Australia – what microbeads are actually being used, and how much of a problem do you…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Liberal Party, reducing plastic packaging waste TOM ELLIOTT: Greg Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Now first, The Age is reporting today that seven Cabinet Ministers have withdrawn their support for Tony Abbott. Are you one of them? GREG HUNT: No. And frankly I think the story…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Green Army, Human Rights Commissioner MARK PARTON: Greg Hunt is the Federal Environment Minister. There’s a number of things that we wanted to catch up about this morning and he’s on the line right now. G’day Greg. GREG HUNT: And good morning Mark. MARK PARTON: The first thing I wanted to ask…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Increased turtle and dugong protection, Great Barrier Reef KIER SHOREY: The Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt, joins us now to explain. Good morning, Mr Hunt. GREG HUNT: Good morning. KIER SHOREY: How much of a difference do you think a tougher penalty, such as this one, will make? GREG HUNT: Look, I…
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