Greg Hunt
Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of Renew Economy, and is also the founder of One Step Off The Grid and founder/editor of The Driven. Giles has been a journalist for 35 years and is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review.
Report into proposed second link from Tasmania makes clear it won't work without another 1,000MW of new wind farms on Apple Isle.
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Hunt attacked from all sides on ‘safeguards mechanism’, digs deeper into denial
Labor calls "peak ineffectiveness" on Direct Action as Greg Hunt denies claims from the right the policy might actually have some bite.
Australian Federal Government
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Malcolm Turnbull
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Turnbull’s Jekyll and Hyde climate and clean energy policy
Greg Hunt this week toured innovative battery storage products, hailing the work of an agency he wants to de-fund, and announcing the sort of grants he wants to close....
How did Greg Hunt win an award that Greens deputy leader Scott Ludlam says "sounds like something his mum made up"? As the satire ramps up, confusion emerges about...
Greg Hunt wins inaugural "world's best minister" award in Dubai, for the emissions bought by the Emissions Reduction Fund.
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Tony Abbott
Coalition restates wish to axe CEFC, then unveils its largest program
Just hours after the Coalition restated plans to abolish the CEFC, Greg Hunt was trumpeting one of its biggest programs yet: a $250m energy efficiency program.
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Tony Abbott
ARENA considers another round of large scale solar funding
Hunt flags another "equivalent" round of ARENA funding for large scale solar in Australia following overwhelming response to first tender.
Australian Federal Government
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Malcolm Turnbull
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Tony Abbott
Abbott’s Green Army beats a retreat under Turnbull’s command
In Malcolm Turnbull's latest effort to distance his government from the climate policies of his predecessor, Tony Abbott's Green Army has been slashed.
What clean energy transition? Turnbull govt says emissions targets are about targets, not changing economy; Greens say Coalition has head in sand; scientists say Great Barrier Reef needs 1.5°C...
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Hunt urges states to adopt ACT-style auctions to boost wind and solar projects
States encouraged to adopt reverse auctions to boost wind and solar projects, as Hunt reveals meeting of utilities, developers and bankers to get sector moving.
