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New fossil fuel exploration acreage released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... move to open up the 80,000 square kilometres of new offshore exploration sites for oil and gas. "Prime Minister Scott Morrison talks a big game about Australia's efforts to curb climate change on the world stage, meanwhile back at home the Morrison ...

APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... of its COVID-19 recovery plan as one of its key accomplishments for 2019-2020. In September 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australia would have a "gas-fired recovery" from the pandemic. "Cheaper, more abundant gas is the second pillar ...

Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Institute, told an audience of investors at the Financial Standard's annual Chief Economist Forum in Melbourne that the Morrison government was under growing pressure to set a strong national climate change policy. "We are perhaps on track to meet ...

CEFC finances Tesla megapack battery project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... carbon capture and storage, carbon farming and other technologies, and away from renewable energy. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a $1.9 billion investment package with allocations to various initiatives. The government provided ARENA with "guaranteed ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... multilateral trade relationships between Australia and its trading partners. It also significantly ups the ante on the Morrison government to commit to more ambitious climate targets. The return of the US to the Paris Agreement process plus China's ...

Australia to join climate resilience investment initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... economies and communities. Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley noted that joining the CCRI is part of a "range of Morrison Government initiatives building on existing climate resilience and adaptation strategies that range from world leading climate ...

ARENA, CEFC changes open door to CCS, hydrogen investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... carbon capture and storage, carbon farming and other technologies, and away from renewable energy. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a $1.9 billion investment package with allocations to various initiatives. The government will provide ARENA with ...

GCNA urges government to focus on sustainability in COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... signatories to a letter coordinated by the UN Global Compact Network Australia (UN GCNA) called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for policies that would strengthen the economy ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... hospitals increasing the rate of cleaning, but on the other hand, you have offices not getting cleaned." Prime Minister Scott Morrison has advised that temporary migrants return to their countries of origin, but Hepworth noted challenges to departures. ...

Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... something in the next God knows what years, if you believe the science." Fulton said. "... If Sydney burns to the ground,Morrison might mention it. That's not so certain. But it seems to us that there is going to be more action. What we don't know is ...