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- The Hon The Hon Chris Bowen MP (23 May 2022) - From 1 July 2022, all new content can be found on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Ministerial website.
- Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister (23 May 2022) - From 1 July 2022, all new content can be found on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Ministerial website.
- The Hon Tim Wilson MP (8 October 2021 - 23 May 2022)
- The Hon Melissa Price MP (8 October 2021 - 23 May 2022)
- The Hon Angus Taylor MP (8 October 2021 - 23 May 2022)
- The Hon Keith Pitt MP (2 July 2021 - 23 May 2022)
- Senator the Hon Jonathon Duniam (22 December 2020 - 23 May 2022)
- The Hon Christian Porter MP (30 March 2021 - 19 September 2021)
- The Hon Michelle Landry MP (6 February 2020 - 2 July 2021)
- The Hon Karen Andrews MP (28 August 2018 - 30 March 2021)
- Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash (29 May 2019 - 30 March 2021)
- Senator the Hon Matt Canavan (19 July 2016 - 3 February 2020)
- Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash (20 December 2017 - 28 August 2018)
- The Hon Craig Laundy MP (20 December 2017 - 28 August 2018)
- Senator the Hon Zed Seselja (20 December 2017 - 28 August 2018)
- The Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO (24 January 2017 to 20 December 2017)
- The Hon Craig Laundy MP (19 July 2016 - 20 December 2017)
- The Hon Barnaby Joyce MP (27 July 2017 - 27 October 2017)
- The Hon Greg Hunt MP (19 July 2016 - 24 January 2017)
- The Hon Christopher Pyne MP (21 September 2015 - 19 July 2016)
- The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP (21 September 2015 - 19 July 2016)
- The Hon Karen Andrews MP (23 December 2014 - 19 July 2016)
- The Hon Wyatt Roy MP (21 September 2015 - 19 July 2016)
- The Hon Ian Macfarlane MP (18 September 2013 - 23 December 2014)
- The Hon Bob Baldwin MP (18 September 2013 - 18 March 2014)
The Hon Chris Bowen MP
Interview discusses the National Electricity Market
Address to the IGCC 2022 Climate Change Investment and Finance Summit
Joint media release with the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Jenny McAllister
The Australian Government is committed to taking more ambitious action on climate change.
Press conference discusses energy, climate change, Nationally Determined Contribution, National Cabinet meeting, healthcare funding, National Energy Market, and renewables.
The Federal Government welcomes the Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) decision to temporarily suspend the wholesale spot market.
Interview discusses the Powering Australia Plan; Fair Work Commission's minimum wage increase; National Energy Market; AEMO; inflation; regional Australia commitments; October budget; and the Nadesalingam family.
The Hon Tim Wilson MP
Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP and the federal member for Leichhardt the Hon Warren Entsch MP
The Morrison Government is supporting the creation of a world-leading renewable microgrid for the Daintree community in Far North Queensland.
Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP
The Morrison Government is continuing to back Australian agriculture by helping farmers improve the health and quality of soil.
Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP and Senator for Victoria the Hon Sarah Henderson
The Morrison Government is boosting its support for the uptake of heavy hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles by funding construction of Australia’s first public New Energies Service Station in Geelong, Victoria.
Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP
The Morrison Government has supported hundreds of community groups around Australia to cut their power bills and reduce their emissions while supporting local jobs.
Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP
The Morrison Government is rolling out the newly expanded $250 million Future Fuels Fund to support uptake of low and zero emissions vehicles in commercial fleets.
Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP
The Morrison Government is investing $6.1 million to accelerate JET Charge’s delivery of electric vehicle (EV) charging products to build Australia’s future transportation infrastructure and empower motorists.
“With 1 in 4 households powering the nation through rooftop solar, and another 2,000 added every business day, we’re investing $450K to boost their contribution to the grid, so they play a bigger role in our carbon neutral future”, said Assistant Minister to the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, Tim Wilson, today.
RAFAEL EPSTEIN: Tim Wilson's the Assistant Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, and he's the Liberal MP for the seat of Goldstein. Tim Wilson. Good afternoon.
Joint media release with Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP, and Minister for Resources and Water the Hon Keith Pitt MP.
Australia is exporting the world’s first shipment of liquefied hydrogen, heralding the start of a major new energy export industry.
Joint media release with Minister for the Environment the Hon Sussan Ley MP
"The Morrison Government is delivering $6 million to support the City of Bayside’s restoration of Elsternwick park as an urban sanctuary for residents and wildlife, and clean water outflows into Port Phillip to improve local beach health”, said Federal Liberal Member for Goldstein, Tim Wilson, today.
The Hon Melissa Price MP
Trade measurement inspectors from the National Measurement Institute (NMI) will run a week-long audit of licensed premises starting today, checking the sale of beer and prescribed spirits at more than 300 venues across the country.
A quantum technology road trip, robotics competitions and an inflatable digestive system ‘poo palace’ are just some of the science projects being supported by the Morrison Government’s 2022 National Science Week grants.
Research projects that aim to reduce preventable blindness and cut the cost of water quality management are among six innovative projects to have been funded by the Morrison Government in a joint Australia-India science and technology initiative.
The Morrison Government is strengthening its commitment to making Australia a leading space nation in the region, with the introduction of a range of reforms and a unified and strategic path to shape the sector for the next two decades and beyond.
Joint media release with Minister for Finance Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP and Premier of South Australia the Hon Steven Marshall MP
The Australian space industry is being rocketed to new heights with the Morrison Government investing $20 million in a job-creating satellite manufacturing hub in South Australia that will accelerate the sector’s growth.
Joint media release with Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP and Premier of South Australia the Hon Steven Marshall MP
The Morrison Government is injecting more than $65 million to get Australian technologies into space sooner and to make our nation a leading destination for launch.
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The Morrison Government is continuing to break down barriers to the advancement of women and girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) with an additional $6.7 million in funding.
The Morrison Government’s productive partnership with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is opening a new door to support Aussie innovation in the local astronomy sector.
The Hon Angus Taylor MP
The Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) latest Gas Statement of Opportunities (GSOO) report highlights the importance of unlocking new gas supplies and supporting the critical infrastructure needed to protect consumers from higher energy prices caused by forecast gas shortfalls.
Opinion piece published in the Australian Financial Review
Recent volatility in global energy prices and the impacts on financial markets, industries and consumers are a reality check for politicians and investors.
Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor has reaffirmed Australia’s commitment to delivering affordable, reliable and secure energy for Australian households and businesses at the International Energy Agency (IEA) 2022 Ministerial Meeting.
Joint media release with Minister for Science and Technology the Hon Melissa Price MP and Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business the Hon Stuart Robert MP
A national network with a mission to advance local space manufacturing and future launches in Australia is being backed with $52 million from the Morrison Government.
Joint media release with Assistant Minister to the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Tim Wilson MP and Member for Parkes the Hon Mark Coulton MP
The Morrison Government is teaming up with AGL to construct a large-scale battery at Broken Hill which will improve energy security in regional New South Wales and help to maintain downward pressure on prices.
$33 million funding announcement for the Turbine precinct development
Joint media release with the Minister for Environment the Hon Sussan Ley MP, Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management the Hon Trevor Evans MP and Assistant Minister to the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Tim Wilson MP
The Morrison Government is supporting a new plastic recycling technology to help deliver a cleaner, greener Australia through better waste management.
Joint media release with Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Finance Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham and Minister for Health and Aged Care the Hon Greg Hunt MP
The Morrison Government has finalised an agreement with global pharmaceutical company Moderna that secures the production of up to 100 million Australian made mRNA doses every year and hundreds of manufacturing jobs too.
Joint media release with Member for Fairfax Ted O'Brien MP
The Sunshine Coast’s reputation as a food and beverage hub is being cemented by the Morrison Government with $33.4 million for an Aussie-first manufacturing precinct at Sunshine Coast Airport.
The Hon Keith Pitt MP
Joint media release with Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP
As part of our plan for a stronger future, the Coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to
support the growth of Australia’s critical minerals sector, announcing a package of measures to help
unlock the industry’s significant potential.
Interest in offshore petroleum exploration in Australia remains strong with 10 bids received for areas in the Australian Government’s latest acreage release.
A new investment partnership with India is set to unlock mutual benefits for both countries from Australia’s world-leading critical minerals sector.
The Coalition Government is helping to boost the development of the nation’s gas reserves with a $7.5 million grant to support exploration in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Sub-Basin.
The Australian Government will provide the Northern Land Council (NLC) with $2.1 million to conduct on-country engagement with Traditional Owners and Native Title holders in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Sub-Basin.
Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt says latest trade data confirms that coal leads the continued surge in Australia’s resources and energy export earnings.
Joint media release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP and Federal Member for Parkes the Hon Mark Coulton MP
The Morrison Government is supercharging Australia’s role in the global battery supply chain, granting Major Project Status to a $560 million cobalt project near Broken Hill, NSW.
A new Government report encouraging trade and investment in Australia’s liquefied natural gas sector confirms our reputation as a reliable and responsible supplier of energy and resources.
Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt has announced the Coalition Government has entered three grant agreements worth a combined $19.4 million to support gas exploration in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Sub-Basin.
Joint media release with the Member for Parkes the Hon Mark Coulton MP and NSW Minister for Regional NSW the Hon Paul Toole MP
Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt today announced that new light will be shed on the potential for additional groundwater resources in the upper Darling River region as part of the $225 million Exploring for the Future program.
Senator the Hon Jonathon Duniam
Joint media release with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Barnaby Joyce
The Morrison Government has committed $5 million to Tasmania’s South Arm Recycled Water Pipeline, as part of $108 million in federal funding under the National Water Grid Connections funding pathway.
Joint media release with the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, the Hon Dan Tehan MP
The Morrison Government is providing $5.14 million to fund new tourist attractions in Tasmania, including mountain bike trails, rock climbing and farm experiences, to attract more visitors to the island and support local jobs and business opportunities.
Australia’s marine industry contributes more than $80 billion annually to the national economy, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).
Joint media release with Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, The Hon Dan Tehan MP
The Tasmanian tourism sector will get an additional $6 million boost from the Morrison Government, including funding to promote Tasmania as a premier winter tourist destination.
Joint media release with the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP
The Morrison Government has welcomed Australia Post’s common-sense decision to continue to ship perishable goods across the country.
Joint media release with the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP
The Hobart International Airport has today welcomed its inaugural Auckland to Hobart direct flight, marking the first non-stop flight service from New Zealand in over 20 years.
Assistant Minister for Industry Development Jonno Duniam said today’s announcement of a trans-Tasman travel bubble from April 19 will give a boost to local tourism operators.
Assistant Minister for Industry Development Jonno Duniam says tourism businesses across Tasmania will benefit from an influx of tourists from the Morrison Government’s 800,000 half-price airfare tickets, as part of the $1.2 billion tourism and aviation package.
A new direct flight service between Auckland and Hobart will begin at the end of next month, thanks to a deal struck between the Morrison and Gutwein governments.
Joint media release with the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, the Hon Karen Andrews MP
The Morrison Government is making sure there are no underweight carrots left out for the Easter Bunny this year, with a week-long blitz of fruit and vegetable retailers beginning ahead of the Easter weekend.
The Hon Christian Porter MP
The Morrison Government is supporting the resources and critical minerals sector with almost $50 million in funding for projects that will help grow Australian businesses and create new jobs.
The Morrison Government is supporting Australian manufacturers with $7.1 million in funding to help them commercialise innovative products and take them to the world.
Opportunities have now opened for local businesses to get involved in construction of the world’s largest radio telescope project – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – in WA’s Mid-West region.
The Morrison Government continues to support the growth of Australia’s civil space sector, with Commonwealth approval granted for a second rocket launch facility licence in South Australia.
Joint media release with the Minister for Home Affairs, the Hon Karen Andrews MP
The Morrison Government is continuing to deliver on key commitments from Australia’s $1.67 billion Cyber Security Strategy 2020, releasing today a discussion paper consulting on reforms to strengthen the cyber security of Australia’s digital economy.
Demonstrating how blockchain technology can support supply chain solutions and help to ease regulatory burdens are the aims of two new pilot projects funded by the Morrison Government.
Doorstop to announce funding for innovative medical product manufacturing businesses under the Morrison Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative.
The Morrison Government is investing more than $36 million in innovative medical product manufacturing projects to help keep Australians safe from COVID-19 and reduce our reliance on overseas suppliers of vital medications.
Joint media release with the Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, and the Premier of South Australia, the Hon Steven Marshall MP
South Australia is set to be home of a new high-tech pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, thanks to a $20 million funding package from the Morrison Government that will also deliver hundreds of new jobs for the state.
Joint media release with Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, the Hon. Angus Taylor MP
The Morrison Government is backing domestic hydrogen research, development and demonstration (RD&D) capability to advance Australia’s clean hydrogen industry.
The Hon Michelle Landry MP
Joint media release with Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt
Reforms to speed up investment approvals for the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) that will turbo-charge job and economic opportunities across the north have been introduced into Federal Parliament this week.
Joint media release with Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt
The Coalition Government is continuing to bolster local industry with the financial close of a $24 million Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) loan to Signature Onfarm that will secure the expansion of the beef industry in central Queensland.
Joint media release with Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt
A major salt and potash fertiliser project in Western Australia creating hundreds of jobs and boosting economic growth in the Pilbara will go ahead with $450 million support from the Federal Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF).
Joint media release with Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt.
New Coalition Government reforms will allow the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to commit up to half a billion dollars from its total budget to equity investments that will further speed up new job and economic opportunities throughout the north.
Joint media release with Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt
Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt gave the opening address to the sixth annual Developing Northern Australia conference in Rockhampton today, which brings together governments, industry and researchers to discuss ways to drive economic growth and resolve challenges that impede development in northern Australia.
Joint media release with Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt and Senator for the Northern Territory Dr Sam McMahon
The Northern Territory shiplift project has met a major milestone and reached the contractual close for its $300 million loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to finance the project.
Joint media release with Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia, Keith Pitt.
The Morrison-McCormack Government is committed to its long-term vision of developing northern Australia.
Joint media release with Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt, and Senator for the Northern Territory Sam McMahon.
A Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) loan to one of Australia’s most successful barramundi farms is set to deliver a major economic and jobs boost to Northern Territory local economy.
Joint media release with Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt
The Coalition Government is investing more than $4 billion in northern Australia to create jobs and stimulate economic opportunities as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joint media release with Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt, Minister for Education Dan Tehan, Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch, and Senator for Queensland Susan McDonald.
The Coalition Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) is set to play a vital role in supporting CQUniversity Australia (CQU) through the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Hon Karen Andrews MP
A world-first company cultivating a special seaweed to reduce livestock emissions has been given $1 million from the Morrison Government to scale up production.
Joint media release with the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia, the Hon Keith Pitt MP
The Morrison Government continues to strengthen the nation’s critical minerals sector, with support for two large job creating projects in the Northern Territory.
The Morrison Government is supporting Australia’s manufacturers to turn their good ideas into world-beating realities that create more local jobs, with a new $30 million fund.
The Morrison Government is supporting female entrepreneurs to build their businesses, take on global markets and create local jobs, with the opening of a new $11.6 million funding round under the Boosting Female Founders Initiative.
Joint media release with the Assistant Minister for Industry Development, Senator the Hon Jonno Duniam
The Morrison Government’s game-changing investment to super-charge manufacturing and grow jobs is now open to local businesses, with applications sought under the $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI).
Joint media release with the Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, and the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia, the Hon Keith Pitt MP
The Morrison Government is leveraging Australia’s world-leading critical mineral and resources sector to create more jobs and economic opportunities for manufacturing businesses with the release of a new ten year plan.
Doorstop to announce the Modern Manufacturing Initiative and launch of the Critical Minerals Processing and Resources Technology road map.
Joint media release with the Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education, the Hon Andrew Gee MP
The Morrison-McCormack Government is helping Aussie businesses to grow and create jobs, with support for industry and researchers to work together – including in regional Australia.
The Morrison Government is backing Australia’s medical products manufacturers to grow and create new jobs, with applications for projects in the sector opening under the $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI).
Joint media release with the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, the Hon Dan Tehan MP
Ties between the Australian and UK space industries have been strengthened with the signing of a new arrangement to increase connection, exchange and investment.
Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash
Interview discusses skills reform agenda, ABS labour force figures for September and HomeBuilder
Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Michaelia Cash delivered a speech at the launch of the My Business Health portal.
Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Michaelia Cash delivered a speech to the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting.
Interview discusses wage subsidies, the creation of 100,000 apprenticeship and traineeships, and interstate travel/border restrictions.
Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Michaelia Cash delivered a speech to the launch the 'Go Local First' campaign.
Interview discusses apprenticeship wage subsidy for Australians; WA border closures
The Morrison Government is investing in apprenticeships, skills and training to help people get a job as part of our COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan to rebuild our economy and to secure Australia’s future.
Interview discusses funding for an additional 100,000 apprenticeships and traineeships.
As part of its $800 million JobMaker Digital Business Plan, the Morrison Government is encouraging and supporting more Australian small businesses to digitise, so they can compete, succeed and create job opportunities as we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis.