07 February 2013
Federal Minister for Emergency Management Mark Dreyfus and NSW Minister for Emergency Services Michael Gallacher have announced a further 20 areas are eligible for disaster assistance following bush fires across NSW.
06 February 2013
Federal Minister for Emergency Management Mark Dreyfus and NSW Minister for Emergency Services Michael Gallacher have today announced an additional five Local Government Areas will receive assistance through the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements following storms and floods in Northern NSW.
04 February 2013
Christopher Pyne’s callous non-apology today for his deeply offensive comments comparing the Australian Government with Hitler’s Third Reich must be condemned by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
02 February 2013
I would like to thank Prime Minister Gillard for the honour of this appointment as first law
officer of Australia.
30 January 2013
The Prime Minister's announcement today will put renewed focus on the Coalition's lack of credibility when it comes to climate change.
24 January 2013
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has begun the new year with a fresh round of shameless deceit on climate change.
23 January 2013
Australia's first environmental planting projects have been registered under the Gillard Government's Carbon Farming Initiative, which rewards landholders for cutting or avoiding carbon pollution on the land.
23 January 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus, today toured Western Victoria, visiting Ararat's impressive 52.5MW Challicum Hills wind farm which marks its 10th anniversary this year.
11 January 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, and Industry and Innovation, Mark Dreyfus, will visit the United States next week to highlight the best of Australian innovation, tourism and produce at the 10th annual G'day USA: Australia Week in California.
18 December 2012
Castle Hill RSL in Sydney's north-west expects to cut its electricity bill by $250,000 a year by installing a tri-generation system that captures waste heat and turns it into heating, cooling and surplus electricity supplying power to the entire club.
