E&OE…. Topics: Renewable Energy Target, women in Parliament, 500km Walk for Autism TOM ELLIOTT: Let's talk to Greg Hunt, the Federal Environment Minister now. Mr Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Now firstly, the Renewable Energy Target. You recently agreed that with the Labor Party. Now, Malcolm Turnbull has described…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Labor confirms plans to bring back a massive carbon tax, Bronwyn Bishop, marriage equality GREG HUNT: (Inaudible) today is that the Labor Party has let the cat out of the bag. It’s a carbon tax. It’s always been a carbon tax. It’s going to increase electricity prices like a carbon tax. The Labor…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Bill Shorten’s latest plan to hike power bills, Leadbeater possum GREG HUNT: What we’ve seen today is Bill Shorten with a plan to drive up electricity prices. It’s a carbon tax, but he doesn’t have the courage to call it that. It’s an electricity tax, and he doesn’t have the courage to admit…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Labor’s plans to bring back the carbon tax, Renewable Energy Target, passing of Don Randall GREG HUNT: What we’re seeing today is a desperate diversion from Bill Shorten from Labor’s massive new carbon tax. Now, it’s their written policy. We saw that in the papers last week when there was a massive leak…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Bill Shorten’s latest plan to hike power bills MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: So there will now be a significant contrast between the two major parties on renewable energy. The Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt, is standing by the existing target of just over 23 per cent of energy coming from renewable sources. Mr Hunt insists…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Passing of Don Randall, 500km Walk for Autism MARK PARTON: Greg Hunt is the Federal Environment Minister, he’s on the line right now. Morning Greg. GREG HUNT: Good morning Mark. MARK PARTON: Don Randall – what a shock. GREG HUNT: Yeah look, I found out from a text from a close friend last…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Bill Shorten’s latest plan to hike power bills, passing of Don Randall STEVE CHASE: Greg Hunt, you’ve seen on the front page of some of the Fairfax papers today, some scant details of the Renewable Energy Target we’re told Bill Shorten is going to announce to the Conference this weekend. Does it fill…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Bill Shorten’s latest plan to hike power bills DAVID SPEERS: Greg Hunt, thank you for your time. Now, you say that increasing the Renewable Energy Target to 50 per cent as proposed by Labor will push up power prices. Now, what do you base that on? GREG HUNT: Well, it's not just me.…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Entitlements, Shenhua Watermark mine approval, Labor’s plan to bring back a carbon tax, post-2020 emissions reduction targets BARRIE CASSIDY: Ok, next, our studio guest, the Environment Minister Greg Hunt, and while he joins us, here's the Prime Minister yesterday on the controversy around the Speaker Bronwyn Bishop. Excerpt begins TONY ABBOTT: Look, I…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Labor’s plan to bring back a carbon tax, Shenhua Watermark mine approval MONIQUE WRIGHT: Well, it's been a heated week of environmental issues. It started with the environment under fire for pulling the plug on household solar and wind farms, but by Wednesday the Opposition had its own headache,…
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