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The areas that I’m responsible for and involved in – climate change, energy and emergency management – local government have made an enormous contribution, and the contribution and responsibility that local government will have in future will be central to our ability as a national community to be the best form of ourselves as the Australian community in the 21st Century, as we respond to these challenges.
Read more...The National Adaptation Plan sets out a pathway to better coordinate action and prioritise our investments in order to create more resilient communities.
Read more...I’m glad, grateful and humbled to be able to continue my work as the member for Fremantle in this place, and to continue my work as a member of the Albanese Government; it is resolute in its focus on working with the broader Australian community to make Australia a fairer and more sustainable nation. I do that by bringing my Fremantle values to that work. Those are things that my community has been part of working towards for a long period of time.
Read more...We should absolutely have confidence in our ability and capacity to look ahead and take measured action to protect our communities, our environment, our economy, our way of life.
Read more...People need to know what the Australian government is doing on their behalf as stewards of our environment. It’s the expectation the community has; it’s an expectation that we will deliver upon.
Read more...Business and policy leaders, it’s a pleasure to be part of the 2025 Safeguard Symposium taking place on the land of the Gadigal people. I regret I can’t join you in person, but I want to both thank and commend the Carbon Market Institute for bringing this important forum together for the second year in a row.
Read more...Industry leaders, researchers, policymakers. Thank you for the opportunity to join you virtually at this year’s Connecting Hydrogen APAC Conference, which is taking place on the land of the Kulin Nation.
Read more...Australia is an ocean nation, with the third largest marine estate on Earth. We sit between three major ocean basins, and we know that the choices we make now will shape the ocean that our children and their children inherit, and that so much of the world’s environmental condition and biodiversity depends.
Read more...It gives me great pleasure to join you today on Larrakia Country for the 7th North Australia Savanna Fire Forum. Let me say Kaya – which is how we say G’Day where I come from, Whadjuk-Noongar Country, in Walyalup – also known as Fremantle – some 4,000 kilometres southwest from here.
Read more...The bill seeks to establish a legally separate Australian Energy Regulator, the AER, as distinct from the ACCC to provide greater management and financial autonomy for our energy regulator, enhancing its ability to manage resources and set its strategic direction. This will allow the AER to respond with agility to changing energy consumer needs and to focus with greater clarity on energy security, reliability and affordability for energy consumers.
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