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18 Aug: Export approval for safe destruction of Botany Bay legacy waste |
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Peter Garrett today granted an export permit which will finally see Australia’s largest and only stockpile of hazardous hexachlorobenzene (HCB) waste leave our shores to be safely destroyed overseas.
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15 Aug: Melbourne Athenaeum refurbishment complete
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Peter Garrett and Labor Candidate for Melbourne, Cath Bowtell, today welcomed the completion of the Melbourne Athenaeum refurbishment, which received funding under the Federal Government’s Jobs Fund.
» Joint media release
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15 Aug: Investing in a Creative Australia |
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14 Aug: A Healthy Environment |
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14 Aug: Green Corridors |
A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will invest $10 million to build the resilience of our environment to climate change through our new Green Corridors Plan
» Green Corridors Fact Sheet (3p PDF)
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11 Aug: Coalition 'stranded' on whales and dolphins |
The Coalition announcement today continues their tradition of releasing half-baked policies when it comes to whales and dolphins, with constant flip flopping and a casual approach to the protection of whales.
» media release
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1 Aug: Giving Malabar Headland back to the people |
 The Gillard Labor Government today announced that around 70 hectares of additional National Park and conservation reserve will be created at Malabar Headland following a decison to transfer the site to the New South Wales Government for conservation.
» joint media release
» transcript of press conference
Photo: Mark Rogers
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30 July: New standards for storing collectables and personal use assets held by self-managed superannuation funds |
A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will ensure that from 1 July 2011 collectables and personal use assets owned by self managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) must be stored according to new rules to prevent them from giving rise to a personal benefit. » media release
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28 July: HM BARK Endeavour sails again for another epic voyage |
The Australian National Maritime Museum’s magnificent replica of Captain Cook’s ship HM Bark Endeavour will make a historic circumnavigation of Australia in 2011-12, Peter Garrett announced today. » media release
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24 July: Around the electorate
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On Saturday, I caught up with people in the electorate - in Randwick, South Maroubra and Coogee - and talked about issues important to them locally and nationally.
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22 July: Funding for Kingsford Smith teenagers with disabilities
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Maroubra-based Eastern Respite and Recreation will receive more than $1 million over three years to continue providing services under the Gillard Government’s Outside School Hours Care for Teenagers with Disability program. » media release |