Australian Government Media Releases

Make a move for the environment this Youth Week - media release 1 April 2009
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the ArtsURL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/mr20090401a.html
SNIPPET: You are here: &raquo 2009. 'Youth Week's theme for 2009, Make a Move , is a powerful message that can easily be applied to the environment. If you are unable to access a publication, please to organise a suitable alternative format.

Keynote presentation 5th Australasian Cleantech Forum - speech 1 April 2009
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the ArtsURL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/sp20090401.html
SNIPPET: You are here: &raquo Major speeches. Evidence like this is clear - crystal clear - and so the Government is advancing a National Strategy for Energy Efficiency, to provide the Commonwealth leadership, and the framework for co-ordinated action, that has been so lacking for the last 12 years. We will also focus on ensuring the market has the right information to maximise investments in energy efficiency, for example, through a National 1 Prevention is Better than Cure: Avoiding Carbon Emissions through Energy Efficiency Projected Impacts of the Equipment Energy Efficiency Program to 2020, George Wilkenfeld and Associates, January 2009.

Defining emissions intensive industries under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - media release 1 April 2009
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the ArtsURL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/wong/2009/mr20090401.html
SNIPPET: You are here: &raquo 2009. Seven of the emissions-intensive trade-exposed activities that may be eligible for free permits under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme have had their activity defined to allow for the next stage of data collection. 'The Government is committed to providing certainty to firms that may be eligible for free permits under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme,' Senator Wong said.