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29 June 2009
![]() Today in Brisbane, Environment Minister Peter Garrett officially opened Bradford Insulation’s new Brisbane plant and launched the national register of insulation providers, kick-starting the main phase of the Government’s $4 billion Energy Efficient Homes Package.
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11 June 2009
![]() Peter Garrett today announced that 20 primary schools in Kingsford Smith will receive $38,650,725 for major new infrastructure projects under Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21) Round Two.
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09 June 2009
![]() The Australian Government will today release the final legislation for the expanded Renewable Energy Target (RET) which will allow for the creation of new ‘Solar Credits’ to replace the existing Solar Homes and Communities Plan (SHCP) from today onwards.
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29 May 2009
![]() The Member for Kingsford Smith, Peter Garrett, today announced the Rudd Government is providing funding of $137,957 for services to assist refugees and migrants settle in the community.
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22 May 2009
![]() One of Australia’s iconic native species and the world’s largest surviving marsupial carnivore has been given increased threatened status under national environment law.
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22 May 2009
![]() Work will begin immediately on the development options for a national scheme to deal with increasing amounts of computer and television waste.
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22 May 2009
![]() The Australian Government today initiated a scheme to establish partnerships with industry to increase recycling of mercury containing lamps.
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21 May 2009
![]() For the first time Australian scientists have recorded the path of humpback whales from the Australian coast to their feeding grounds near the Antarctic continent.
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21 May 2009
![]() Botany Bay and Randwick councils will receive funding from the Rudd
Labor Government’s $300 million infrastructure stimulus package to help
local communities respond to the global financial crisis.
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21 May 2009
![]() Peter Garrett today announced that 14 Kingsford Smith schools will
receive $2,225,000 for minor infrastructure and refurbishment projects
under Round Two of the National School Pride (NSP) program.
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07 May 2009
![]() Christine Anu, Rhoda Roberts and Rob Collins are applying their expertise to assess applications for the Indigenous contemporary music program, Breakthrough.
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07 May 2009
![]() A report into the economic activity of Australia’s World Heritage properties released today by Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, highlights the value of these universally significant places to Australia’s national, regional and local economies.
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06 May 2009
![]() Peter Garrett today announced that four local primary schools in Kingsford Smith will receive funding for major new infrastructure projects under Round One of the Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21) program.
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02 May 2009
![]() One of Australia’s earliest civil aviation sites, which is also the birthplace of QANTAS operations, has been included in the National Heritage List, Minister for Heritage Peter Garrett announced today in regional Queensland.
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27 April 2009
![]() Mr Albanese and Mr Garrett made the announcement at Hensley Athletic Field in Sydney’s east today with Mayor Ron Hoenig.
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22 April 2009
![]() Western Australia's renewable energy capacity was boosted today with the announcement of $4.2 million in funding for the Mt Barker wind farm.
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22 April 2009
![]() Production of solar hot water systems in Western Australia has soared since the Australian Government announced the $3.9 billion Energy Efficient Homes package, the Minister for the Environment Peter Garrett said today while touring a Perth hot water heater manufacturing plant.
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16 April 2009
![]() Local company NewSouth Seven Pty Ltd will share in $2.1 million in
grants through the Australian Government’s AusIndustry Commercialising
Emerging Technologies (COMET) program, Member for Kingsford Smith,
Peter Garrett said today.
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08 April 2009
![]() Peter Garrett today announced that 33 Kingsford Smith schools will
receive $5,019,785 for minor infrastructure and refurbishment projects
under Round One of the National School Pride (NSP) program.
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03 April 2009
![]() Environment Minister Peter Garrett is urging Australians to spare a thought this Easter for the bilby and other threatened species.
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03 April 2009
![]() Sales of solar hot water systems have soared since the Australian
Government boosted its solar hot water rebate to $1,600 in February
this year as part of the Nation Building – Economic Stimulus Plan.
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02 April 2009
![]() Four Kingsford Smith secondary schools will have access to 21st century
technology through new funds from the Rudd Government’s National
Secondary School Computer Fund.
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01 April 2009
![]() Celebrating Youth Week Environment Minister Peter Garrett today called
on young environmental champions from right around the country to
nominate for the Banksia Foundation’s Environment Minister's Young
Environmentalist of the Year Award for 2009.
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19 March 2009
![]() The Rudd Government will invest $150,000 to fix two dangerous black
spots on local roads in Kingsford Smith, Minister for Infrastructure
and Transport, Anthony Albanese and Member for Kingsford Smith, Peter
Garrett, announced today.
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16 March 2009
![]() The Rudd Government will immediately provide $2 million to help local community groups and natural resource management bodies continue the clean-up of Moreton Bay, following last week’s oil spill.
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16 March 2009
![]() SUBJECTS: SoundRelief concert
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12 March 2009
![]() At the conclusion of the discussions of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Rome, Environment Minister Peter Garrett said Australia’s proposals for modernising the Commission into a genuine conservation-focused organisation continue to receive strong support from around the world.
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08 February 2009
![]() What’s in your roof? Camping gear packed away until next Christmas? A family of possums whose nightly house parties would put Cory Worthington to shame? Batts? Not the furry kind but the kind that can reduce your heating and cooling bills by up to 40 percent?
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30 January 2009
![]() Australian households will be eligible for a rebate of up to $500 each for the purchase of a rainwater tank or a greywater system under a new Rudd Government program.
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30 January 2009
![]() SUBJECTS: Gunns pulp mill
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05 January 2009
![]() Federal environmental approval for the Gunns Ltd Bell Bay pulp mill will not be granted until detailed studies on the potential marine impacts have been completed, Environment Minister Peter Garrett said today.
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01 December 2008
![]() Australia's future political cartoonists were today presented awards as winners of the National Museum of Australia’s national political cartooning competition for schools.
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19 November 2008
![]() Peter Garrett today opened a new e-waste recycling facility expected to divert as much as 20,000 tonnes of electronic waste from landfills when it operates at full capacity.
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13 October 2008
![]() Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett today announced more than $13 million for World Heritage projects in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific at the Pacific Islands World Heritage Workshop in Cairns.
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05 October 2008
![]() The Australian Government announced this week it will make available
grants of up to $10,000 to Australia’s surf life saving clubs to
install water saving and efficiency devices on club premises.
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02 October 2008
![]() Alice Springs’ place as the solar heart of Australia is confirmed with two projects worth $4.51 million in Australian Government funding, Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced today.
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30 September 2008
![]() One million additional hectares of native habitat will be protected and farmers will be better supported to continue improving land management under ambitious environmental targets set by the Rudd Government for the $2.25 billion Caring for our Country program.
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22 September 2008
![]() Environment Minister Peter Garrett has commissioned an independent review of proposed new management arrangements for Queensland’s East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery to assist in his upcoming assessment of the fishery under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
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19 September 2008
![]() Three skilled and acclaimed practitioners in their fields will join the Australia Council’s Dance Board and Music Board, Arts Minister, Peter Garrett announced today
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19 September 2008
![]() Arts Minister Peter Garrett today announced that 19 performing arts companies would enjoy the opportunity to tour live performances across the country, thanks to a $2.9 million Playing Australia funding round.
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12 September 2008
![]() The winners of the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Awards have been announced tonight at Parliament House in Canberra. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was joined by Arts Minister Peter Garrett to announce the two winning works, both by first time authors and selected from a competitive field of 14 short-listed Australian fiction and non-fiction books.
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05 September 2008
![]() Environment Minister Peter Garrett has acted to preserve the unique
biodiversity values at Shoalwater Bay north of Rockhampton in
Queensland, rejecting a proposal by Waratah Coal Inc. to establish a
rail line and coal port in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area.
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04 September 2008
![]() Environment Minister, Peter Garrett has suspended approval of the Reef Cove Resort development at Queensland’s False Cape and has ordered the developer to carry out an environmental audit of the site.
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03 September 2008
![]() A new interactive web portal, launched today by Environment Minister Peter Garrett, will provide urban developers with valuable information, including fact sheets and national and international case studies, on the creation of greener neighbourhoods.
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27 August 2008
![]() The Tasmanian devil has been included in a list of 27 animals, plants and important habitat areas to be assessed as a priority for their conservation status under the Australian Government environmental legislation.
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22 August 2008
![]() SUBJECTS: Gunns pulp mill
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19 August 2008
![]() SUBJECTS: Liberal position on nuclear; Bureau of Meteorology MOA; Senate solar inquiry
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19 August 2008
![]() Shadow Trade Minister Ian McFarlane is the latest Liberal frontbencher
to defy his leader and call for the reincarnation of the Liberal
Party’s plan to build nuclear power plants across Australia.
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18 August 2008
![]() Almost 1400 schools across the nation have already signed up for the Rudd Government’s $480 million National Solar Schools Program, Environment Minister Peter Garrett said today.
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11 August 2008
![]() $13.9 million in Commonwealth funding will go to Australia’s seventh Solar City in Perth, Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett said today.
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