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MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL CLEAN UP URBAN RIVERS AND WATERWAYS
Tony Burke28 January 2019
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL INVEST TO PROTECT THE REEF FROM WASTEWATER HARM
Tony Burke24 January 2019
MEDIA RELEASE: EVERYTHING IN THE AUDIT REPORT ON THE REEF GRANT COMES BACK TO A SINGLE WORD - FAIL
Tony Burke16 January 2019
MEDIA RELEASE: FISH KILLS BECOMING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, THE PRIME MINISTER MUST ACT
Tony Burke15 January 2019
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL RESCUE KAKADU
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL RESCUE KAKADU

A Shorten Labor Government will invest $220 million in infrastructure and community development projects to dramatically improve Kakadu National Park as a tourist destination and secure the future of the township of Jabiru.

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Tony Burke13 January 2019
MEDIA RELEASE: THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO ACT TO STOP WHALING
Tony Burke20 December 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL ACT TO BRING ENVIRONMENT LAWS INTO 21ST CENTURY
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL ACT TO BRING ENVIRONMENT LAWS INTO 21ST CENTURY

A Shorten Labor Government will ensure the federal government returns to taking a leadership role in protecting our natural environment by creating an Australian Environment Act, and establishing a Federal Environmental Protection Agency.

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Tony Burke16 December 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: ENDING THE RIP OFF - LABOR WILL CRACK DOWN ON TICKET GOUGING
Tony Burke30 November 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL TURN THE VOLUME UP ON AUSTRALIAN MUSIC - FRIDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR WILL TURN THE VOLUME UP ON AUSTRALIAN MUSIC - FRIDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2018

A Shorten Labor Government will introduce the most comprehensive contemporary music policy by an Australian government.

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Tony Burke30 November 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: THE PURPOSE OF THE WATER TRIGGER IS TO FIND THE FACTS NOT CONCEAL THEM

The Department of Environment must explain reports that it ignored advice from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources that the impacts of the Adani's North Galilee Water Scheme could have significant impacts on a water resource.

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Tony Burke7 November 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR TO END BAMBOOZLING PRICING FOR OVERSEAS MONEY TRANSFERS
MEDIA RELEASE: LABOR TO END BAMBOOZLING PRICING FOR OVERSEAS MONEY TRANSFERS

A Shorten Labor Government will make it cheaper for Australians to send money overseas to loved ones by helping drive down international remittance and transfer fees.

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Tony Burke7 November 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: ABBOTT-TURNBULL-MORRISON GOVERNMENT ENSURES AUSTRALIA IS LEFT BEHIND ON OCEAN PROTECTION
MEDIA RELEASE: ABBOTT-TURNBULL-MORRISON GOVERNMENT ENSURES AUSTRALIA IS LEFT BEHIND ON OCEAN PROTECTION

The announcement made by New Caledonia to designate 200,000-400,000 square kilometres of water in the Coral Sea Natural Park as highly protected should be congratulated.

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Tony Burke5 November 2018
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
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