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Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... by both political parties and jettisoned on the public without much warning, starting when former Prime Minister Scott Morrison reneged a $90 billion contract with France to replace the Collins-class submarines. He then turned to the UK and US and made ...

Climate disclosure lawsuit against Commonwealth settled

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the proposed settlement by 4 September. The Commonwealth government - then run by former Coalition Prime Minister Scott Morrison - had sought in 2021 to strike O'Donnell's claim, which was rejected by Justice Murphy in July 2021. The court at ...

Fiji, Australia sign Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme deal at COP26

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... originally invested into the scheme, taking the total investment to $104 million over 10 years. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama signed the agreement in Glasgow at COP26, which lays the foundations for a high ...

Ratcheting up ambition on climate finance goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Australian government provided AU$1.5 billion in climate finance between 2015-2020 and in December 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that a further $1.5 billion pledge over 2020-2025 via Australia's development program. But far more will ...

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
... zero emissions target by 2050 because each state and territory has set a target, and Wood believes Prime Minister Scott Morrison is moving towards a national net zero target by interpreting his comments around "care for our country," which she characterized ...

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 ...

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 ...
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