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…
DetailsE&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…
DetailsE&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…
DetailsE&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…
DetailsE&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,…
DetailsE&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…
DetailsE&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…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Decriminalising drugs, early election TOM ELLIOTT: Alright our next guest is the Federal Environment Minister. Greg Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Now, earlier on in the program I spoke with Greens Leader Senator Richard Di Natale. He wants to decriminalise drugs including ice. He wants to build…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Cumberland Conservation Corridor GREG HUNT: Thanks very much to Terry and to Phil. Peter, I really want to acknowledge the traditional owners here – the Deerubbin, the work of Muru Mittigar and others. I have to say, at the Paris Climate Conference one of the most interesting things was, there was a presentation…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Clean Air and Urban Landscapes hub, World Government Summit, reshuffle, Stuart Robert GREG HUNT: I'm absolutely delighted to be able to launch the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes hub today, and to launch and support the Indigenous engagement and participation strategy. We've got an enormous amount that we can learn from Indigenous knowledge…
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