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Australia: Labor slams Turnbull government 'flip-flopping' on CSIRO climate research
2016-08-08 14:04:14| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Greg Hunt has revealed a plan to focus on climate science with millions more in investment that will create new jobs. The cuts had prompted widespread condemnation, and fears that Australia was undermining global efforts to monitor and predict climate change. The new strategy, which is yet to be fully devised, includes 15 new climate science jobs and research investment worth $37 million over 10 years. The government has increased CSIRO's agency-wide budget from $1.35 billion this financial...
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Australia faces hung parliament after Malcolm Turnbull suffers stunning election setback
2016-07-03 04:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Malcolm Turnbull, the leader of Australia's ruling conservative coalition, faces an uncertain future after suffering a stunning setback in a general election on Saturday which could leave the country with a hung parliament. Despite pledging to provide stability, Mr Turnbull, a former Rhodes Scholar and investment banker, opted two months ago to hold on an early election - a political gamble which appears to have spectacularly backfired. With about 70 per cent of votes counted, Mr Turnbull's...
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Great Barrier Reef: scientists ask Malcolm Turnbull to curb fossil fuel use
2016-06-26 06:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As the largest international gathering of coral reef experts comes to a close, scientists have written to the Australian prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, calling for action to save the worlds reefs. The letter was sent to Turnbull on Saturday imploring his government to do more to conserve the nations reefs and curb fossil fuel consumption. The letter, signed by past and present presidents of the International Society for Reef Studies on behalf of the 2,000 attendees of the International...
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Australia: Wentworth activists GetUp to mischief Malcolm Turnbull election posters
2016-06-19 10:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: While the ordinary voters of Wentworth sheltered from the rain on Sunday afternoon, a small group of activists set out on a stealthy campaign against their local member, the prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. Dubbed the guerilla street nannas by GetUp climate campaign director, Sam Regester, the group, mostly comprised of women in their 60s, braved the weather to check on their latest endeavour: a set of corflute signs showing the torso of a man in a business suit crossing his fingers. More...
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Australia: Federal election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull to announce new 'green cities' fund
2016-06-19 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: A re-elected Turnbull government would create a new investment fund, worth up to $100 million a year, to boost the use of renewable energy and clean technology in cities such as Sydney and Melbourne. The Sustainable Cities Investment Fund, to be announced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Monday, would be administered and funded by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). The aim of the fund is to stimulate private sector investment, meaning projects would have to demonstrate...
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