E&OE…. Topics: Labor’s new electricity tax ROSS GREENWOOD: Let's now go to the Environment Minister Greg Hunt, listening to all of that. He of course is the man who has been to the Paris Climate Summit, where he reaffirmed Australia's commitment to a cut of 26 to 28 per cent in our emissions compared with…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Australian Antarctic Strategy, CSIRO LOUISE SAUNDERS: With me is the Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt. Minister, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: Hello Louise, and hello Tasmania. It's just an absolute pleasure to be here. LOUISE SAUNDERS: It's also good weather too, so let's enjoy that while we still have it, before we move into…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Labor’s new electricity tax, Australian Antarctic Strategy DAVID SPEERS: Greg Hunt, thank you very much for your time. Now, Labor has announced its plans to tackle climate change through an emissions trading scheme that will phase in, in steps. Are you being honest with voters when you say this is an electricity tax…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Labor’s new electricity tax, Great Barrier Reef EMMA GRIFFITHS: Now, the Federal Environment Minister is Greg Hunt. Hello Minister. GREG HUNT: And hello Emma. EMMA GRIFFITHS: So you heard Mark Butler there saying that this does not amount to another tax, and that what we've heard from the Prime Minister today and seen…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Labor’s new electricity tax TOM ELLIOTT: Mr Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Tom. You were actually correct, Julia Gillard was replaced by Bill Shorten, but just with Kevin Rudd – he swapped the prime ministers around under his watch, so there you go. TOM ELLIOTT: Oh yes, because he's the…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, CSIRO, Sydney light rail MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: For more on the funding of Great Barrier Reef protection programs, I was joined earlier by the Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt. Well Greg Hunt, as we heard the Barrier Reef Water Resource Taskforce has recommended a figure that needs to be spent over…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching CHRIS BATH: Environment Minister Greg Hunt has spent the day in Far North Queensland talking to the community, tourism operators, farmers and scientists about the Great Barrier Reef. He flew there to personally inspect the latest coral bleaching event, and he joins us on the line now. Minister,…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Paris Climate Change Agreement GREG HUNT: Look, I'm really delighted that Australia's been able to not only just sign on to the Paris Agreement, but we have committed to the process of beginning ratification immediately and to seek to ratify and complete that process this year. That puts Australia really right in the…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Paris Climate Change Agreement, Great Barrier Reef MIRIAM COROWA: Australia is one of more than 170 countries signing the agreement in the largest one day signing of an international deal in UN history. Environment Minister Greg Hunt joins us now from New York. Thank you for joining us Minister. GREG HUNT: Pleasure. MIRIAM…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: CSIRO, Great Barrier Reef, Paris Agreement TONY JONES: First we're joined by the Environment Minister, Greg Hunt. Later tonight he'll hop on a plane to New York to sign the historic Paris climate agreement. He joins us now in Melbourne. Thanks for being there. GREG HUNT: Pleasure, Tony. TONY JONES: Now does the…
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