Tony Burke (Politician)

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Name: Tony Burke (Politician)

First reported 6 mins ago - Updated 6 mins ago - 1 reports

Premier Barnett’s compulsory acquisition push unwelcome

WA Premier Colin Barnett’s decision to push ahead with the compulsory acquisition of Jabirr Jabirr and Goolarabooloo traditional lands on the Kimberley coastline, despite Woodside’s withdrawal from the site, is inflammatory and inappropriate, the Australian ... [Published Australian Conservation Foundation - 6 mins ago]

Entities: Colin Barnett, Acquisition, James Price

First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

GVK dismisses critical coal project report

CLAIMS in a Greenpeace-commissioned report, that a multi-billion-dollar Central Queensland mine project was unviable, have been dismissed by Indian developer GVK.The report from The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis - a group with ... [Published Toowoomba Chronicle - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Coal, Dismissal, Institute for Energy, Tony Burke (Politician)

First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 1 reports

Tony Burke

Australia to fund study on Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

CANBERRA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government will deliver fund for a study to help identify cultural values in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Environment Minister Tony Burke announced Wednesday."There are known sites of Aboriginal ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Australia, Tony Burke, Tony Burke (Politician)

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Alan Jones Comments 18th June 2013

Coal seam gasWell, debate in the Senate on Environment Minister Tony Burke’s so-called “water trigger” legislation continued yesterday without a voteThis is the legislation which will allow the Minister to take into account the effects on groundwater ... [Published 2GB - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Alan Jones, Mining, Tony Burke (Politician)

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Survey to look of future of Great Barrier Reef

AS the World Heritage Committee meets to decide whether to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger", a major CSIRO study will seek the views of 5000 Australians on its future.The $2 million study will run over the next two months from Cooktown to B ... [Published Byron Shire News - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Great Barrier Reef, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research..., Tony Burke (Politician), Australian Government, Aquaculture

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

CSG nat parks grazing on todays agenda

THE federal government is considering imposing tougher environmental rules over national parks and shale gas and coal-seam gas projects. Federal cabinet will consider on Monday the Greens' amendments to national environment laws to give landholders a ... [Published The Sydney News - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Business Council of Australia, Tony Burke (Politician), Environment

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Marina ‘misses the (Norman) Point’

COOLOOLA Coast councillor Mark McDonald says he can only speak for himself on the proposed Fraser Straits Marina at Norman Point, because of deeply divided opinion at Tin Can Bay. He's "agin' it". "I can't speak as a councillor because I also represent ... [Published Gympie Times - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Andrew Powell, Species, Tony Burke (Politician), CRAB

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Burke signals new rules for national park protection

The gas sector and the Business Council of Australia (BCA) are lobbying against plans by the Federal Government for stricter environmental laws. Federal Cabinet may adopt amendments proposed by the Australian Greens party, to grant landholders veto rights ... [Published Individual.com - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Business Council of Australia, Tony Burke (Politician), Australian Greens, Productivity Commission

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Former premiers unite to save national parks

Senior Labor figures are urging the federal government to intervene to protect national parks from state government-backed grazing and logging.Four party stalwarts - former premiers Joan Kirner and Carmen Lawrence, former NSW environment minister Bob ... [Published Canberra Times - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Bob Debus, National Party of Australia, Environment

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Tell Tony Burke to reject dredging at Abbot Point

Within weeks, our government could allow shipping port developers to start tearing enormous holes in the seabed inside the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - a practice known as dredging.Some 3 million cubic metres of sediment (enough to fill 1,200 ... [Published e-Travel Blackboard - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Tony Burke, Dugong, Tony Burke (Politician), Great Barrier Reef, Sediment

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Hodgkinson: MDB funding's not fair

The Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson says funds aren't fairly allocated in the Commonwealths agreement with the states to implement the Murray-Darling Basin plan.Victoria was the first of the basin states to sign the agreement yesterday, ... [Published ABC Online - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Katrina Hodgkinson, Murray-Darling Basin, Tony Burke (Politician), Allotment

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 4 reports

'Too slow' charge on national parks

The federal government has been accused of being too slow in expanding the protection of national parks.Greens senator Larissa Waters said Environment Minister Tony Burke had missed an opportunity to ensure national parks would be fully embedded in environment ... [Published Melbourne Age - May 30 2013]

Entities: Ryan Smith (Australian Politician), Greg Hunt, Tony Burke (Politician), Elections, Fairfax Media Ltd

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Premier Barnett’s compulsory acquisition push u... [Published Australian Conservation Foundation - 6 mins ago]
Shale gas ignored by Feds [Published Stock Journal Australia - 14 hours ago]
Green $ is still full of fight [Published Northwest Tasmania Advocate - 21 hours ago]
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, J... [Published Individual.com - 23 hours ago]
GVK dismisses critical coal project report [Published Toowoomba Chronicle - Jun 19 2013]
Australia to fund study on Tasmanian Wilderness... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Jun 19 2013]
CSG projects to face greater scrutiny [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 19 2013]
Australian Govt gives $6m to boost local indies [Published Develop - Jun 18 2013]
Australia on notice to protect reef [Published Perth Now - Jun 18 2013]
Extra eyes to monitor the Great Barrier Reef [Published NewsMaker - Jun 18 2013]
Reef on brink of 'danger' listing [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 18 2013]
2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Shortlist... [Published Australian Government - Jun 18 2013]
Burke backs down on national park powers [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 18 2013]
Alan Jones Comments 18th June 2013 [Published 2GB - Jun 17 2013]
Success! Blue Whale Habitat Saved From Oil Expl... [Published Care2 - Jun 17 2013]
Climate research in Antarctica warms up [Published Reportage Online - Jun 17 2013]
Greens take stand to defend WA's farms and wate... [Published Australian Greens - Jun 17 2013]
Will the UN World Heritage Committee give Austr... [Published Greenpeace Australia Pacific - Jun 17 2013]
CSG nat parks grazing on todays agenda [Published The Sydney News - Jun 17 2013]
Survey to look of future of Great Barrier Reef [Published Byron Shire News - Jun 17 2013]
CSG, nat parks grazing on today's agenda [Published Queensland Country Life - Jun 17 2013]
Extra eyes to monitor the Great Barier Reef [Published Noodls - Jun 17 2013]
Marina ‘misses the (Norman) Point’ [Published Gympie Times - Jun 16 2013]
Burke signals new rules for national park prote... [Published Individual.com - Jun 16 2013]
Greens seek to protect national parks from states [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 16 2013]
Abortion debate: the blast from the past no one... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 14 2013]
Former premiers unite to save national parks [Published Canberra Times - Jun 14 2013]
Labor stalwarts urge ban on national park projects [Published Melbourne Age - Jun 14 2013]
World heritage committee considers Tas forest [Published ABC Online - Jun 14 2013]
Tell Tony Burke to reject dredging at Abbot Point [Published e-Travel Blackboard - Jun 14 2013]

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