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The aluminium giant is reviewing the viability of the Point Henry smelter in Geelong in the face of falling aluminium prices, a high Australian dollar and rising input costs. AWU officials and Alcoa workers met with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and...
More of what Julia Gillard called “growing pains”. And still the Gillard Government sticks by its plan to hit the country with a carbon dioixde tax that is sure to cost yet more jobs. UPDATE But pray that it doesn’t back off this resolve: INDUSTRY...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (L) looks on as Governor-General Quentin Bryce (2nd L) swears in Greg Combet (R) as Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, and Minister for Industry and Innovation at Admiralty House in Sydney on... View Photo »
The (Australian) government is keen to contribute in negotiations to see REDD+ progress under the UN framework ... But also engage in negotiations with countries that are interested, including Indonesia, to seek ways in which we can support, in particular, the development of (REDD+) projects.
Australian Workers Union has called its meeting with the government about the future of Alcoa as ‘‘fruitful and productive’’ and called on the opposition to stop blaming the manufacturing industry’s woes on the carbon tax. This morning Prime Minister...
Picture: Dima Beliakov Source: Bloomberg UPDATE: ALCOA workers are pleading for help from Climate Change Minister Greg Combet to ensure the future of the aluminium smelter in Geelong. A delegation of workers, lead by onsite union official Brett Noonan,...
Picture: Dima Beliakov Source: Bloomberg UPDATE: ALCOA workers are pleading for help from Climate Change Minister Greg Combet to ensure the future of the aluminium smelter in Geelong. A delegation of workers, lead by onsite union official Brett Noonan,...
Australia's Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet (L) speaks with Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent during a break in plenary session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban December 10, 2011. U.N. climate change talks... View Photo »
Dumped cabinet minister Kim Carr failed to investigate this issue; Greg Combet must now get to the bottom of it
Mr Abbott holds a nine-point lead over Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the question of who is more capable of handling the economy in a Newspoll, published in The Australian on Monday. Mr Combet was having none of it when asked to explain why voters...
Cabinet minister Greg Combet has dismissed an opinion poll that rates Opposition Leader Tony Abbott a better economic manager than the prime minister. Mr Abbott holds a nine-point lead over Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the question of who is more...
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Australia's Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet (L) speaks with Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent during a break in plenary session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban December 10, 2011. U.N. climate change talks agreed a pact on Sunday that for...
View Photo »CORRECTS ID OF PERSON Greg Combet, Minister for Climate Change Australia, right, walks out of the negotiation room as the climate change summit nears it's end in the city of Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Dec 10, 2011. Some ministers and top climate negotiators left Durban without an...
View Photo »Australia's Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet (2nd R) speaks with other delegates during a break in plenary session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban December 10, 2011.
View Photo »Australia's Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet speaks during the opening of the High Level Segment at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban December 6, 2011. The city is hosting the conference which runs until December 9.
View Photo »Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard (L) presents the government's carbon emissions fact sheets next to Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet (R) at Parliament House in Canberra on June 14, 2011. Australia's proposed carbon tax would cost 4,000 coal mining jobs in its first three...
View Photo »CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JULY 10: (L-R) Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet talk during the government's announcement of the Carbon Tax plan at Parliment House on July 10, 2011 in Canberra, Australia. AUD $15...
View Photo »Australia's Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet (L) speaks with Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent during a break in plenary session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban December 10, 2011. U.N. climate change talks agreed a pact on Sunday that for...
View Photo »The (Australian) government is keen to contribute in negotiations to see REDD+ progress under the UN framework ... But also engage in negotiations with countries that are interested, including Indonesia, to seek ways in which we can support, in particular, the development of (REDD+) projects.
Dumped cabinet minister Kim Carr failed to investigate this issue; Greg Combet must now get to the bottom of it
Progress at all levels is really important, but if you're talking about what's actually going on in the world, it's not just measured by the outcome at Durban or the conference after that or the conference after that ... What's important is to always keep your eye on what's happening from the ground up ...
Progress at all levels is really important, but if you're talking about what's actually going on in the world, it's not just measured by the outcome at Durban or the conference after that or the conference after that ... What's important is to always keep your eye on what's happening from the ground up ...
