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MEDIA RELEASE: CONFIRMATION THAT THE ABBOTT-TURNBULL-MORRISON GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BUILT A SINGLE DAM
MEDIA RELEASE: CONFIRMATION THAT THE ABBOTT-TURNBULL-MORRISON GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BUILT A SINGLE DAM

After questioning from Senator Gallacher it was revealed in Senate estimates that despite all of their talk – the Government has not built a dam on the Australian mainland and not started any new dams.

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Tony Burke27 October 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR CONDEMNS FAKE INDIGENOUS ART
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR CONDEMNS FAKE INDIGENOUS ART

Federal Labor has welcomed the Federal Court’s finding that Birubi Art Pty Ltd (Birubi) misled customers by selling fake Indigenous art.

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Tony Burke25 October 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: GOVERNMENT DISARRAY DELAYS TICKET SCALPING REFORMS
MEDIA RELEASE: GOVERNMENT DISARRAY DELAYS TICKET SCALPING REFORMS

Treasury officials have confirmed today that crucial reforms to ticket scalping laws were delayed because of the Liberal leadership crisis.

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Tony Burke24 October 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL STRENGTHEN THE LAW TO PROTECT AUSTRALIA’S ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL STRENGTHEN THE LAW TO PROTECT AUSTRALIA’S ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE

Labor is today announcing a new policy which if implemented would have given the Environment Minister the power to stop our World Heritage-listed Sydney Opera House from being treated as nothing more than a billboard.

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Tony Burke20 October 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: MALCOLM TURNBULL ADMITS THE PRIME MINISTER WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR REEF CASH SPLASH
MEDIA RELEASE: MALCOLM TURNBULL ADMITS THE PRIME MINISTER WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR REEF CASH SPLASH

In an extraordinary revelation today, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has written in a letter to the Senate Inquiry detailing how the Government came to the decision to donate $444.3 million to a small private Foundation.

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Tony Burke12 October 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: AT WHAT POINT DID THE MINISTER SEEK ADVICE ON THE WORLD HERITAGE VALUES OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE?
MEDIA RELEASE: AT WHAT POINT DID THE MINISTER SEEK ADVICE ON THE WORLD HERITAGE VALUES OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE?

As the Minister responsible for Australia’s World Heritage sites, Minister Price needs to clarify if the values of the Sydney Opera House have been compromised by the proposal to make it a billboard.

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Tony Burke9 October 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: MORRISON ADMITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR REEF CASH SPLASH
MEDIA RELEASE: MORRISON ADMITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR REEF CASH SPLASH

Scott Morrison has today admitted in The Australian newspaper that he is responsible for the decision to grant almost half a billion dollars in taxpayers’ money to a small private foundation in one hit.

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Tony Burke1 October 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: GOVERNMENT LEAKS CONFIRM MORRISON THE ARCHITECT OF REEF CASH SPLASH
MEDIA RELEASE: GOVERNMENT LEAKS CONFIRM MORRISON THE ARCHITECT OF REEF CASH SPLASH

The latest leaks from within the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government reported by The Saturday Paper confirm the now Prime Minister Scott Morrison was the architect of the decision to grant almost half a billion dollars in taxpayers’ money to a small private foundation.

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Tony Burke29 September 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: THE ABBOTT-TURNBULL-MORRISON GOVERNMENT IS TURNING ITS BACK ON THE WATER TRIGGER
MEDIA RELEASE: THE ABBOTT-TURNBULL-MORRISON GOVERNMENT IS TURNING ITS BACK ON THE WATER TRIGGER

Anyone who is concerned about water resources, whether it be from an environmental or an agricultural perspective, should be alarmed by the Government’s decision not to invoke the water trigger on a dam and pipeline associated with the Adani project.

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Tony Burke25 September 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: AUSTRALIA MUST ALWAYS FIGHT COMMERCIAL WHALING
Tony Burke12 September 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER NEEDS TO ACT ON ADANI
MEDIA RELEASE: THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER NEEDS TO ACT ON ADANI

Labor is alarmed at news today that the Adani Carmichael project has allegedly breached environmental approval conditions by sinking six dewatering bores, clearing vegetation and undertaking roadworks.

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Tony Burke12 September 2018
MEDIA RELEASE:  WARREN ENTSCH DECEIVES THE PEOPLE OF FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
MEDIA RELEASE: WARREN ENTSCH DECEIVES THE PEOPLE OF FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND

Labor’s commitment to protection of the  Reef is long standing. We value it as the natural wonder it is and for the jobs it supports in Queensland. 

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Tony Burke7 September 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR DEMANDS THE RETURN OF THE REEF MONEY
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR DEMANDS THE RETURN OF THE REEF MONEY

A Shorten Labor Government will terminate the Grant Agreement between the Environment Department and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, and demand the Foundation return unspent funds to Australian taxpayers.

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Tony Burke5 September 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL ALWAYS CALL OUT BIGOTRY
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL ALWAYS CALL OUT BIGOTRY

Labor will always call out and oppose attempts to ridicule, offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate people for their ethnic origin or faith.

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Tony Burke30 August 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: ANOTHER COALITION THOUGHT BUBBLE ON DAMS
MEDIA RELEASE: ANOTHER COALITION THOUGHT BUBBLE ON DAMS

The Abbott Turnbull Morrison Government are not serious when it comes to building new dams. They treat dams as thought bubbles and change their minds on these so called schemes more quickly than they change leaders. People in northern Australia will be sceptical. And rightly so.

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Tony Burke30 August 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: NEW MINISTER, SAME BLACK HOLE: ANSWERS & ACTION REQUIRED ON CITIZENSHIP DELAYS
MEDIA RELEASE: NEW MINISTER, SAME BLACK HOLE: ANSWERS & ACTION REQUIRED ON CITIZENSHIP DELAYS

The new Minister for Citizenship, David Coleman, must urgently explain what steps he will take to clear the massive back log of citizenship applications.

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Tony Burke29 August 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL BRING BACK THE COMMONWEALTH MARINE PARKS
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL BRING BACK THE COMMONWEALTH MARINE PARKS

Labor has today committed to reverse the largest removal of area from conservation in history.

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Tony Burke21 August 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: TURNBULL GOVERNMENT LOCKS IN LARGEST REMOVAL OF AREA UNDER CONSERVATION EVER
MEDIA RELEASE: TURNBULL GOVERNMENT LOCKS IN LARGEST REMOVAL OF AREA UNDER CONSERVATION EVER

The Australian Parliament has just locked in the largest removal of area under conservation in history.

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Tony Burke17 August 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL NOT PRIVATISE PUBLIC GOOD RESEARCH
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL NOT PRIVATISE PUBLIC GOOD RESEARCH

A Shorten Labor Government will ensure that public good research will be led by Australia’s world leading research agencies.

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Tony Burke16 August 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO PROVIDE EXACT FUNDRAISING FIGURE
MEDIA RELEASE: GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO PROVIDE EXACT FUNDRAISING FIGURE

Today in both the Senate and the House of Representatives the Government again could not answer the direct question about how much money the Great Barrier Reef Foundation has fundraised.
 

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Tony Burke16 August 2018
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