More than 350 new Green Army projects are set to roll out in every state and territory across the country as part of Round 2 of the programme announced today. The first round of the Green Army is successfully underway and we will now see another 3000 young people aged 17-24 years old engaged in…
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH SENATOR HON NIGEL SCULLION, MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS Fifty years ago today, the Indigenous civil rights protests at the Moree Baths and Swimming Pool forever changed and influenced Australia’s Indigenous civil rights movement and the future of Aboriginal Australians. “The significance of events at the Moree Baths and Swimming Pool is…
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH HON MICHAEL KEENAN MP, MINISTER FOR JUSTICE A joint operation between the Australian Federal Police and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority resulted in a ship’s master being convicted and fined for failing to take on a pilot prior to navigating the Great Barrier Reef. The 66-year-old Taiwanese national…
The Green Army is looking for enthusiastic 17-24 year olds on Phillip Island and the Bass Coast to join what will become the largest team of young Australians supporting environmental action across the country. We are looking for young people who want to gain valuable skills, training and experience in environmental and heritage conservation fields. …
The Australian Government is recognising Reef Guardian Schools across Queensland for positive, on-ground environmental actions in their schools and communities to help protect the Great Barrier Reef. Each year five schools receive $1000 from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, rewarding their environmental projects over the past year. Ten Reef Guardian Schools also receive…
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to tackle climate change without Labor’s painful carbon tax, with the first Emissions Reduction Fund auction to open on 15 April 2015. This is the first in a series of opportunities for businesses across the economy to undertake emissions reduction activities and bid their reductions into an…
E&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…
E&OE…. Topics: Increased turtle and dugong protection JOHN MACKENZIE: This is a very special moment actually because this has been a matter across quite some years, since I remember like yesterday Steve coming to me and talking to me about, well, the water out at Green Island boiling red with blood after the slaughter…
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE WITH WARREN ENTSCH MP, FEDERAL MEMBER FOR LEICHARDT Turtles and dugong have stronger protection from today after the Parliament passed new laws tripling penalties for killing or injuring these threatened species. “The amendments are in response to concerns about ongoing illegal poaching and trading of turtles and dugong and are part of…
E&OE…. Topics: Turtle and dugong protection, threatened species protection BRIDGET BRENNAN: Illegal poachers killing dugongs and turtles in Far North Queensland are about to face tougher penalties. New laws passed in the Senate today to increase the hunting fines to up to a million dollars in Commonwealth Marine Areas. The Environment Minister is Greg…