E&OE…. Topics: Record electricity price drop, Renewable Energy Target LEON BYNER: Let’s talk to Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt. Greg, good morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning Leon. LEON BYNER: This is a good news story except that you said that they were going to fall eight or nine. What happened to the other three…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Record drop in electricity prices, Renewable Energy Target STEVE PRICE: The Environment Minister is on the road in Sydney tonight’s on the line. Greg Hunt, good evening to you. GREG HUNT: And good evening Steve. STEVE PRICE: Was that a bigger drop than you had predicted? Because during the election campaign when…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Mathias Cormann’s comments, Newspoll, passing of Gough Whitlam MARK PARTON: Greg’s on the line right now. G’day Greg. GREG HUNT: And good morning. Now I hear a rumour that you may have won an award on the weekend? MARK PARTON: I did. Yes I did. GREG HUNT: Best talk presenter and as…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Emissions Reduction Fund, G20, Joe Hockey’s comments on Australia’s emissions KIERAN GILBERT: First though, I began by asking the Environment Minister about the Direct Action plan and the Government’s Emissions Reduction Fund – where it’s at and where to over the next twelve to eighteen months. GREG HUNT: Sure. We’ve already passed…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Climate change, Emissions Reduction Fund, Renewable Energy Target CHRIS UHLMANN: At least superficially, both major parties are committed to action on climate change. Both share the ambition to cut the nation’s carbon emissions over the next six years by 5 per cent below what they were in the year 2000 and Australia…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Tamar River Recovery Plan, Renewable Energy Target ANDREW NIKOLIC: We’re here to tell the minister exactly what we’ve achieved for his allocation of funding for a healthier Tamar River. Some two and a bit years ago, the Minister came to Launceston and agreed to provide us with three years of funding for…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Bill Shorten’s commitment to bring back Labor’s painful carbon tax, Renewable Energy Target, Antarctica. GREG HUNT: Look, I just want to say a few words this morning about a very interesting development overnight. This morning, a year into the job, Bill Shorten’s big announcement is he’s bringing the carbon tax back. If…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Putin attending G20, Antarctica MARK PARTON: Greg Hunt is Federal Environment Minister, he joins the programme right now. Morning Greg. GREG HUNT: And good morning Mark. MARK PARTON: A lot of discussion about the G20 and unfortunately a lot of it centres around one man – Vlad Putin. GREG HUNT: Well look…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Release of the 20 Year Antarctic Strategic Plan, Renewable Energy Target ERIC ABETZ: I’m delighted to be able to welcome my ministerial colleague Greg Hunt, my State Ministerial colleague Matt Groom and Eric Hutchinson the Member for Lyons together with Tony Press, the author of this very important report. Tasmania has been…
DetailsE&OE…. Topics: Green Army, Iraq, Budget TOM ELLIOTT: The Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt joins us now. Mr Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Okay. Now, the Green Army, it was promised before the last election. Does it exist? GREG HUNT: Yes. As of today there are teams in…
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