Australian Government Media Releases

$29.5m in grants to cut office emissions

Call for CCS flagships proposals

$6.3 million from Rudd Govt to help land managers adapt to climate change - The Hon Tony Burke MP - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
http://www.maff.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/may/$6.3_million_from_rudd_govt_to_help_land_managers_adapt_to_climate_change
The Rudd Government is continuing to roll out programs to help primary producers adapt to climate change, with another $6.3 million announced today. Up to $158,000 - CQ Best Practice - Managing climate change from the ground up - CQ Best Practice Group. Up to $220,000 - Climate change adaptation module - Southern Farming Systems.

Keynote address Property Council of Australia Sustainable Property - The Future is Green - speech 20 May 2009
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/sp20090520.html
One is about perspective - because our public policy debates sometimes - and sometimes necessarily - veer into the abstract. Of course, some of you have had the motivation for some time (Mike Zorbas comes to mind), and the work of the Green Building Council of Australia and the Property Council of Australia has gone a long way towards raising the profile of green buildings.