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Malcolm Turnbull, Prime minister of Australia: regarding the Australian government's intention to place conditions on the activities of environmental-activist charities, requiring them to spend 25-50% of their funds on direct environmental remediation in order to keep their charity status, which is intended to reduce their effectiveness.
30 August, 2017
Josh Frydenberg: regarding his support for CCS
Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy, regarding his intention to allow the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to finance carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
28/5/2017
Malcolm Turnbull and Annastacia Palaszczuk: regarding government support for the Adani Coal mine
Malcolm Turnbull, Prime minister of Australia, and Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, regarding the Australian and Queensland State Governments' determination to push all consideration aside to ensure that the giant Adani coal mine in central Queensland goes ahead, despite the many reasons for which it makes no sense to do so.
26/5/2017
Kevin Rudd: regarding the need for sustainability
A message to Kevin Rudd, newly returned to the position Prime Minister of Australia, regarding the need achieve sustainability, and the consequent need to work towards a steady state world economy.
30/6/2013
Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy: regarding the content of his interview with Phillip Adams
Professor Mahbubani regarding his statement that one-and-a-quarter billion people in Asia will rise to middle class levels of consumption by 2020, and the consequences of that growth on increasing unsustainable resource consumption.
18/03/2013
Warren Truss, Federal member for Wide Bay: regarding mining in the Tarkine
An email to Warren Truss requesting the Coalition's position on protecting the Tarkine.
02/02/2013
Bronwyn Bishop: regarding comments about the social activist organisation GetUp!
Bronwyn Bishop, member of the Australian House of Representatives, regarding her comments about the efficacy and political balance of the social activist organisation GetUp!
5/11/2011
Kevin Rudd; regarding sustainability and poverty
A letter to Kevin Rudd, Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister of Australia, and appointee to the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability, regarding the potentially contradictory nature of the two stated objectives of the panel, which are: to facilitate global sustainability and to tackle poverty.
09/09/2010
Anna Bligh; regarding managing growth
A letter to Anna Bligh, Premier of Queensland, Australia, regarding aspects of the SEQ Regional Plan 2009-31 and her statement that the essence of this plan is to manage growth.
10/08/2010