Monday, 11 January 2010

ENVIRONMENT

Minister Penny Wong said Tony Abbott has rebuffed his Shadow Environment Minister and back flipped on the Liberal Party's policy for international legal action on whaling. [Full text]

Minister Simon Crean discussed whaling in a Sky interview. [Full text]

Minister Crean discussed whaling in a 3AW interview. [Full text]

Greens Senator Bob Brown said the PM should seek backing from the Obama administration to end Japanese whaling when Hilary Clinton calls into Canberra. [Full text]

Acting PM Julia Gillard has discussed whaling in a Weekend Today interview. [Full text]

The Acting PM has discussed whaling in a doorstop interview. [Full text]

Greens Senator Bob Brown announced Greens support for the Boobook Declaration, calling on the Government to protect biodiversity in the International Year of Biodiversity. [Full text]

ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE CHANGE

Minister Garrett has discussed a range of issues in an interview. [Full text]

Tony Abbott discussed the CPRS and whaling in a 2GB interview. [Full text]

Mr Abbott has discussed whaling and the CPRS in a Sky interview. [Full text]

CLIMATE CHANGE

Minister Garrett has said that Mr Abbott should admit he got it wrong with his false and misleading $1100 climate change claim. [Full text]

Mr Abbott has issued the transcript of a news item on the cost of Australia's delegation to Copenhagen. [Full text]

ENVIRONMENT/FISHERIES

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Richard Colbeck said a fishing competition held in Devonport faces its end with the Government plan to ban the fishing of mako sharks. [Full text]

ENVIRONMENT/AGRICULTURE

In the International Year of Biodiversity the NFF said the challenge is striking the right balance between biodiversity while ensuring that farmers are able to increase food production. [Full text]

WATER/AGRICULTURE

The VFF has said the 4% exemption criteria released by the Victorian Government will not alleviate the concerns of irrigators in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District or the challenges facing Northern Victorian farmers. [Full text]

AGRICULTURE

The WEA issued its January newsletter. [Full text]

The RIRDC issued 'Managing Diseases and Pests in Asian Vegetables'. [Full text]

AGRICULTURE/BIOTECH

The OGTR has received an application for release of wheat and barley genetically modified for altered grain composition or nutrient utilisation efficiency. [Full text]

The OGTR has received an application for release of wheat genetically modified for enhanced carbon assimilation in drought and heat prone environments. [Full text]

ICT

Minister Stephen Conroy has addressed the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. [Full text]

Minister Kate Ellis has launched an online tool to help families budget for child care. [Full text]

HEALTH/ICT

Minister Conroy announced four additional projects for the Digital Regions Initiative. [Full text]

NEHTA has issued presentations by Mukesh Haikerwal and Peter Fleming. [Full text]

HEALTH

The Board of Medicines Australia announced its appointment of Dr Brendan Shaw as the organisation's new Chief Executive. [Full text]

The TGA issued a Public Assessment Report for Follitropin alfa (rch) and Lutropin alfa (rch). [Full text]

Several presentations from the AHIA 2009 annual conference are online. [Full text]

INNOVATION

Minister Kim Carr has said the transformation the Australian automotive sector is undergoing gives us cause for great optimism. [Full text]

RESEARCH

The ARC CEO called for comment on a proposed new application process for the Linkage Projects scheme. [Full text]

ENERGY

The Mayor of Kingston in Victoria has said that used insulation has been dumped around the city over the past month. [Full text]

'Energy use in the Australian Government's operations 2007-08' is online. [Full text]

Hansard is online of a 14/12 hearing for a Senate committee inquiry into Fuel and Energy. [Full text]

The AER issued EnergyAustralia's alternative control (public lighting) services proposal. [Full text]

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