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April 29, 2026

Hobart rivulet restoration project cracking on with willow removal

Co-funded by the Albanese Government through the Disaster Ready Fund, the $1.1 million City of Hobart Willow Removal Project is ridding the city’s waterway of crack willow, an invasive weed that forms impenetrable thickets that in turn lead to flooding and bank erosion. 

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April 29, 2026

Transcript – Interview with Ryk Goddard – ABC Hobart Breakfast

So the SHEPI, as you mentioned, is designed to upgrade 100,000 households Australia wide, making sure that those tenants have homes that are naturally more liveable, like warmer in cold weather and cooler in hot weather, but also have the kinds of technological efficiency improvements that reduce costs, which, of course, affect social housing tenants more than they do other Australians.

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April 29, 2026

Lower bills and warmer homes on way for more Tasmanian social housing tenants

More Tasmanian social housing tenants will get lower energy bills and more comfortable homes thanks to an upgrade program funded by the Albanese Government. 

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April 28, 2026

Albanese Government supports Australia’s first wellbeing hub for first responders

Since 2022, the Albanese Government has provided Fortem with more than $16 million to deliver their Support for First Responders program, recognising the considerable impacts that disasters have on the mental health and wellbeing of emergency services workers.

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April 28, 2026

Transcript – Doorstop Interview – Home Energy Upgrade Fund – Beckenham, WA

We’ve hit 10,000 upgrades nationwide through the Home Energy Upgrade Fund. It’s one of the measures that we introduced when we created Australia’s first National Energy Performance Strategy, and it’s helping householders like Denis to reduce their bills, to take advantage of renewable energy, cheap and available solar energy to power their homes and reduce costs.

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April 28, 2026

10,000 home energy upgrades helping Australians cut bills and take control of their energy

Thousands of Australians have cut their energy bills, made their homes more liveable, and better adapted to climate change, in a milestone achievement of the Albanese Government’s Household Energy Upgrades Fund (HEUF).

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April 15, 2026

Opening smarter pathways to cut landfill emissions and earn ACCU revenue

The Albanese Government is remaking the Alternative Waste Treatment carbon crediting method to support Australia’s waste and recycling sector to continue reducing methane emissions from landfills through a robust carbon market approach that attributes value to the necessary reduction in greenhouse gases.

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April 15, 2026

Beefing up carbon credits for Aussie livestock farmers

The Albanese Labor Government is working with industry to design a new Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme livestock method that will enable farmers to diversify their income through herd management practices that reduce methane emissions.

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April 10, 2026

Transcript – Interview with Stephanie Borys – ABC Afternoon Briefing

We’ve obviously been doing lots of things along the way, both to secure supply and distribute it better and see those price pressures come off. We have seen some price reductions, but we want that to go further.

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April 10, 2026

Better ACCU methods to deliver more income opportunities and emissions cuts

The Albanese Government is expanding the opportunities for Australian farmers, businesses and communities to tackle dangerous climate change by diversifying their income through emissions reduction activities with the introduction of new and updated carbon crediting methods. 

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