Greg Hunt will continue to hold the post of Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage, facing off against Labor's new climate and environment ministers, Greg Combet and Tony Burke.
The ACT Government will expand its feed-in tariff regime to support solar power systems of all sizes – with support for large-scale systems determined through an auction process – and will also cap the total amount of solar power that the scheme can support.
Twelve years ago Greg Combet led the unions in a successful fightback after stevedore Patrick locked out its workforce and five years ago he spearheaded the labour movement's fight to defeat Work Choices - now he takes on the even tougher task of cutting a deal on climate.
The native forest logging industry has 'lost the public debate' and timber's place in a carbon trading regime will be a 'game breaker' for the sector, Gunns CEO Greg L'Estrange has told a forest industry conference in Melbourne.
Julia Gillard's minority Labor government should deliver a climate action package that remedies the CPRS's overly generous assistance to industry and must move rapidly on energy efficiency, says Climate Institute CEO John Connor.
Greens Leader Bob Brown says a parliamentary climate change committee designed to chart a new course on climate policy and carbon pricing will require a 'give and take' process.
