On behalf of the Federal Labor Party, I’d like to extend my best wishes to everyone celebrating Lunar New Year – Year of the Dog.
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A Shorten Labor Government will deliver more than 2,000 construction and agriculture jobs and ensure water security across Central Queensland by committing the full $176 million federal share to build the Rookwood Weir.
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After two days of passing the buck to the state government, the Minister for the Environment still doesn’t know what his job involves.
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Today in Parliament Minister Frydenberg demonstrated an extraordinary disregard for the environmental approvals process which he is responsible for.
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Labor has resolved today to support the disallowance of the instrument dealing with the Northern Murray-Darling Basin – the Basin Plan Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1).
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The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority says that the biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef is climate change.
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The Turnbull Government’s failure to properly fund Indigenous Ranger programs is forcing families back into the welfare system.
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With the Senate passing the bill, the Government’s reason for cancelling a whole week of sittings for the House of Representatives has been blown out of the water.
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Today the Auditor General has released the first of two reports which will relate to my request on 25 July 2017 following the allegations of water theft in the Murray-Darling Basin that have been aired on the Four Corners program.
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The release today of distressing footage featuring the killing of whales in our oceans is deeply troubling.
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Congratulations to Mexico for the creation of the marine national park in the Revillagigedo Archipelago – at 150,000 square kilometres it is the largest ocean reserve in North America.
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My sincerest condolences go the families and friends of the two young boys who lost their lives yesterday.
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Revelations last night on ABC Lateline are the next chapter in the increasingly alarming story about how the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has been undermined since Barnaby Joyce took responsibility for water.
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Reducing marine national parks by 50% is an environmental disaster.
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At Senate estimates today officials from the Department of the Environment and Energy have confirmed that under current national environmental law the Federal Government is unable to act on the large scale land clearing which is occurring in Queensland and New South Wales.
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Today’s revelations about delays in implementation of the Murray Darling Basin Plan in Fairfax papers are part of a concerning trend of Federal neglect.
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Showing just how out of touch this Government is, Peter Dutton still does not understand why his failed proposed changes to citizenship were so unfair nor does he understand the comparison that many have made between his policy and the white Australia policy.
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Over 1460 scientists, including world renowned conservationist, Dr David Suzuki, have released a statement urging the Coalition Government to abandon plans to wind back ocean protection that would strip away 40 million hectares of marine reserves.
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Documents released by the media today raise concerns that the Murray-Darling Basin Authority may have had evidence relating to the allegations of water theft in NSW as early as July 2016.
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Today’s revelation that the NSW Government's most senior water bureaucrat has resigned amid corruption allegations makes it clear - we need a judicial inquiry through COAG into compliance with the Murray Darling Basin Plan.
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