E&OE…. Topics: Controlled burns, Trans-Pacific Partnership, China Australia Free Trade Agreement, infrastructure for Victoria TOM ELLIOTT: Greg Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: Hey, and good afternoon Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Can you put out bush fires? GREG HUNT: What I can do and what I will do is write to the Premier. It's absolutely clear that…
E&OE…. Topics: Renewable energy, renewable storage technologies, Emissions Reduction Fund, Carbon Tax, Australia’s 2030 target EMMA ALBERICI: Greg Hunt, good evening. GREG HUNT: Pleasure. EMMA ALBERICI: Tell me, do you envisage a time when a significant number of Australians will become independent of the electricity grid? GREG HUNT: I do, I think it's inevitable. Already…
The Federal Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt, and the New South Wales Minister for Roads Duncan Gay, today announced that the strategic assessment of small scale road and traffic works has been approved under national environment law. Through the strategic assessment, a broad, landscape scale assessment of potential impacts to the environment has been…
The Australian Government is providing $449,000 to an innovative Australian solar company which is developing a new, highly efficient, and potentially cheaper solar cell. The funding will help NSW company Dyesol create a roadmap to take its perovskite solar cell technology from the lab to a commercially available product. Perovskite solar technology is low cost,…
The Australian Government is providing $449,000 to an innovative Australian solar company which is developing a new, highly efficient, and potentially cheaper solar cell. The funding will help NSW company Dyesol create a roadmap to take its perovskite solar cell technology from the lab to a commercially available product. Perovskite solar technology is low cost,…
Today I had the pleasure of meeting a group of young Green Army participants working to help the Wet Tropics environment recover from damage caused by the yellow crazy ant. This dedicated group of young Australians is passionate about protecting our precious Wet Tropics against invasive species like yellow crazy ants. Their project will help…
Australia’s Environment Minister, the Hon Greg Hunt MP and Papua New Guinea Environment and Conservation and Climate Change Minister, the Hon John Pundari MP today welcomed the release of a new publication by the Kokoda Initiative on the Papua New Guinean experience of the Kokoda Campaign. Launched at the Papua New Guinea National Museum and…
Australia’s iconic and precious Great Barrier Reef and the surrounding tropical waters will benefit from 24 innovative research projects conducted by this Government’s Tropical Water Quality Hub. This scientific investment being launched today supports practical policy and programmes to improve the Great Barrier Reef under the Government’s $140 million Reef Trust. Hub scientists will develop…
The Australian Government will invest a further $600,000 in the health of the Gladstone Harbour. This will build on the $1 million already committed to ensure that the Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership continues to guide environmental management and improvement. The announcement, made by Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt, has been welcomed by federal member…
Up to $2.5 million is being made available under the $140 million Reef Trust to improve water quality in the Burdekin natural resource management region. This competitive tender will provide financial support to sugar cane farmers in the Burdekin to improve their nutrient and water management practices across their farms. The Australian Government applauds the…