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Mr Crook said many remote small businesses, including miners and explorers, used diesel fuel to generate electricity.
Although he was strongly opposed to the carbon tax, he said that would not stop him bringing forward amendments to “this flawed tax”.
While the government had claimed only 500 companies would pay the carbon tax, including a carbon price on off-road diesel use would...Read Full Story
Coastal areas of Adelaide could be inundated by sea level rises, according to model maps released by Federal Climate Change Minister Greg Combet. The maps predict climate change fuelled sea-level rises of between 0.5 to 1.1 metres and frequent flooding in Port Adelaide by 2100. "A significant area of Adelaide is at risk of inundation around the year 2100 on those particular scenarios," Mr Combet told journalists in Adelaide on Thursday."The maps highlight low-lying areas that are particularly...Read Full Story
CLIMATE Change Minister Greg Combet has ramped up pressure on Tony Abbott to take part in the climate change committee negotiated with the Greens. Mr Combet today made a “national interest” appeal to the Coalition to take a more constructive approach to climate change, saying the Opposition Leader had his “head in the sand” and was trying to wreck the new parliament. The attack follows the release of the Treasury brief for an incoming government on Friday which warned that delay on a carbon...Read Full Story
Turn off lights and save on carbon tax, says Greg CombetNEWS.com.auAsked to name the top five things people could do to beat the carbon tax, Mr Combet said it was best to reduce energy consumption. "And the main way to do that is by saving energy,...Read Full Story
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Industry Minister Greg Combet will meet Alcoa workers in Canberra today for talks on the future of the company's Geelong plant. A 20 per cent drop in the price of aluminium and a high Australian dollar has put 600 jobs at the Port Henry aluminium smelter in doubt.
CLIMATE Change Minister Greg Combet says the federal government will fix the scheme that collects data on corporate carbon emissions before Labor's carbon tax comes into effect. The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS), established in ...
Mr Combet split up with his second wife blaming his workload had contributed to the marriage breakdown. He said relationship breakdowns were the price you paid "in this kind of work". Greg Combet and West Australian MP Melissa Parke confirmed their romance ...
INNOVATION was the word of the day during Greg Combet’s visit to an Ampcontrol manufacturing plant in Cameron Park yesterday. The member for Charlton and Minister for Industry and Innovation met with local workers and senior management to talk about the ...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Industry Minister Greg Combet will meet Alcoa workers today for talks on the future of the company's Geelong plant. A 20 per cent drop in the price of aluminium and a high Australian dollar has put 600 jobs at the Port ...
GREG Combet has declared that driving productivity growth will be his key task in the new super ministry he was handed this week in Julia Gillard's reshuffle. Just back from the Durban climate change talks, Mr Combet was yesterday receiving briefings on ...
Ms Julia Gillard Prime Minister of Australia has appointed Mr Greg Combet to take charge of the steel industry rescue package, aimed at softening the blow of manufacturing job cuts in the Illawarra. Mr Greg Combet will now be the voice of the manufacturing ...
Last night Industry Minister Greg Combet said a third of the funding from the steel industry assistance package would go to BlueScope, recognising the significant challenges facing the sector. Earlier this month BlueScope managing director Paul O'Malley ...
She also added the industry department to Climate Change Minister Greg Combet’s responsibilities, named Tanya Plibersek as health minister and moved Nicola Roxon from the health portfolio to become the nation’s first female attorney-general.
Gregory Ivan Combet AM (born 28 April 1958) is an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) between 2000 and 2007.
Recent news. 19 Oct 2009 More university places for early childhood education teachers The Member for Charlton, Greg Combet, today welcomed the announcement by the Minister for ...