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30 October 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Combet’s Hypocrisy Over Climate Change Act Review Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government is appalled by Mr. Combet’s blatant hypocrisy and deceit in his comments in The Age today. Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith said Mr. Combet’s comments were the height of hypocrisy and misrepresentation. “Mr. [...]
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24 October 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Government Gives Charities A Helping Hand In Dealing With Illegal Dumping Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government will assist charities reduce the incidence of illegal dumping at charity bin collection sites over the Melbourne Cup weekend. Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith said the Coalition would mobilise [...]
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24 October 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Top Tidy Towns for 2011 Victor P Taffa Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith today congratulated the Victorian town of Mornington for winning the 2011 Tidy Town of the Year Award. “This award recognises all those individuals, community groups and the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council who has worked [...]
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16 October 2011
Victoria Minister for the Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Making Our Parks Fire Ready Victor P Taffa Minister for the Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith and Member for Warrandyte today inspected bushfire protection works at Warrandyte as part of a program to improve fire preparedness across parks and other public land on Melbourne’s urban fringe. Mr. Smith [...]
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12 October 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Big Savings For Small-Scale Commercial Landscape Photographers Victor P Taffa Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith today announced that the fee for Parks Victoria’s Commercial Annual Landscape Photography Permit would be scrapped for small-scale photographers. Mr. Smith said the $275 annual fee had been removed to ensure that [...]
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04 October 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith New Burn Mix Trailers To Assist Planned Burning Operations Across Victoria Victor P Taffa Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith has announced that 45 new burn mix trailers will be built and distributed by the Department of Sustainability and Environment for use in planned burning operations across [...]
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03 October 2011
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Climate Change Matthew Groom Where Is Tasmania’s Carbon Price Impact Study? Victor P Taffa Tasmania appears to be the only state not to have commissioned a detailed expert analysis on the impact of the carbon tax on the state’s economy – and the Premier refuses to say why, according to Shadow Minister for Climate [...]
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23 September 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Coalition To Deliver 60 New Landcare Facilitators Victor P Taffa Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith today announced that Landcare groups across Victoria can now apply for one of the Victorian Coalition Government’s 60 new Landcare facilitator positions. “Landcare facilitators will play a crucial role in supporting [...]
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08 September 2011
South Australia Deputy Opposition Leader Mitch Williams Labor Takes Opposition Advice On Contamination Victor P Taffa The Liberal Opposition is pleased the Environment Protection Authority has taken its advice on how to handle an environmental contamination crisis. In July this year, documents obtained under Freedom of Information revealed the Environment Minister Paul Caica was trying to cover up [...]
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02 September 2011
Western Australia Minister for Environment Bill Marmion 2011 Kings Park Festival Has Trees For Life Victor P Taffa Environment Minister Bill Marmion today launched the 48th Kings Park Festival themed Trees for Life, which celebrates the United Nation’s International Year of the Forests. The festival will showcase the park’s many spectacular trees from the giant Kimberley boab Gija Jumulu, [...]
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21 August 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Grampians Road Is Back In Business Victor P Taffa Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith today reopened Grampians Road in Grampians National Park for the first time following major flood recovery works. “The Coalition Government announced a $19.7 Million package to restore and repair Victoria’s flood-damaged parks. [...]
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08 August 2011
Western Australia Minister for Environment Bill Marmion Australia’s Most Endangered Reptile Released Near Bullsbrook Victor P Taffa Environment Minister Bill Marmion has helped release 30 critically endangered western swamp tortoises into habitat within the Twin Swamps Nature Reserve near Bullsbrook. The western swamp tortoise is one of the rarest tortoises in the world and Australia’s most endangered reptile, inhabiting [...]
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08 August 2011
Western Australia Minister for Environment Bill Marmion Native Species Thrive At Lorna Glen Victor P Taffa Mala and Shark Bay mice have joined the growing number of native species to be reintroduced at Lorna Glen in the northern Goldfields – one of the worlds most extensive and groundbreaking arid zone wildlife reconstruction projects. The Department of Environment and Conservation [...]
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03 August 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith $5.6 Million To Improve Victoria’s Sustainability Victor P Taffa Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith today announced the recipients of the Victorian Coalition Government’s $5.67 Million Local Sustainability Accord grants program. “Under the new Local Sustainability Accord grants program, 57 projects will be funded to empower local [...]
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31 July 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Coalition Gives Landcare $600,000 Birthday Gift Victor P Taffa The Victorian Government has marked the 25th anniversary of the Landcare movement with $600,000 to help fund activities, highlighting the great work of this iconic volunteer movement. Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith joined Ferntree Gully Primary School [...]
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27 July 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Government Injects $3 Million Into New Recycling Initiatives Victor P Taffa Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith has announced grants worth $3 Million to boost recycling and waste recovery initiatives across metropolitan and regional Victoria. Mr. Smith said the funding would assist industry to implement new forms [...]
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27 June 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Kids Can Now Visit The Zoo For FREE Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government is giving kids free entry to three of Victoria’s outstanding zoos, Healesville Sanctuary, Werribee Zoo and Melbourne Zoo, as part of a $10.7 Million promise to subsidise zoo entry fees for an estimated [...]
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26 June 2011
Western Australia Minister for Environment Bill Marmion Kings Park Becomes Home To 40,000 New Native Trees Victor P Taffa Kings Park is about to look a lot greener with an army of volunteers rolling up their sleeves to plant 40,000 native plants within the much anticipated ‘Rio Tinto Naturescape in Kings Park’. Environment Minister Bill Marmion today joined volunteers [...]
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26 June 2011
Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett Western Australia Minister for Environment Bill Marmion WA Welcomes Ningaloo Coast’s World Heritage Listing Victor P Taffa The Ningaloo Coast has been given the highest level of international recognition with its inscription on the World Heritage List for its natural beauty and biological diversity. The World Heritage Committee endorsed the nomination at its meeting in [...]
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21 June 2011
Western Australia Minister for Environment Bill Marmion Translocation Success For Critically Endangered Woylies Victor P Taffa The translocation of 41 woylies into a predator-proof enclosure in the South-West is showing promising results for the critically endangered species. Environment Minister Bill Marmion said the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) released the wild woylies late last year into the 420ha [...]
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