MARK DREYFUS MP

The New South Wales Government has today confirmed that the Federal Government's household assistance package, on average, will cover council rate rises that might arise from the Clean Energy Future Plan.

In recent weeks a number of local governments from around Australia have asked about how the carbon price will apply to pollution from local landfill sites and the potential impact this might have on rates for local communities.

The Australian Government will join forces with the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) today to address questions from local government across Australia about cutting pollution and earning carbon credits when the carbon price on large landfills comes into effect in July.

Australia’s move to a clean energy economy was discussed at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in Rome today, by federal Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus.

Economic growth in low pollution economies will be among the issues discussed when Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus, represents Australia in climate change talks with representatives from the U.S., Russia, China and ASEAN nations in Tokyo this weekend.

The Federal Government today published draft funding guidelines for the development of carbon farming methodologies.

The Australian public should not be misled by a scare campaign about the impact of the carbon price on landfill sites.

Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus, and the Member for Reid, John Murphy, today visited the Burwood Chamber of Commerce to talk about new measures and opportunities under the federal Clean Energy Future package.

Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus, and Federal Member for Reid, John Murphy, today met with the Canada Bay Council in Sydney's inner west to discuss economic opportunities for local government generated by the carbon price and a shift to more efficient use of energy.

Farmers, landholders, waste operators and other clean energy businesses seeking to take part in the Gillard Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) can now access information in a new handbook released today by the Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Mark Dreyfus.