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Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Water bill, Sugarloaf pipeline, lower lakes

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Water bill, carbon pollution reduction scheme

Hon Penny Wong - Water bill, north-south pipeline, carbon sinks, lower lakes

The Honourable Andrew Fraser - Ministerial Statement - Treasurer

Glenn Stevens - Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor Monetary Policy

Hon Penny Wong - Murray-Darling Basin, water amendment bill 2008, climate change

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy - Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman connect.resolve campaign launch

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - $6.5 million for southern tablelands water projects, climate change

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy - Speech to American Chamber of Commerce

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy - SCADA ( Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Practitioners and Vendors Forum

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP - Turnbull interview with Geoff Hutchison (720 ABC Perth) - HMAS Sydney commemoration, 'Australia', Ord River scheme, agriculture

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - The PM's opening address to Australian Council of Local Government

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Murray-Darling Basin, climate change, Lower Lakes, Water trading, Carbon pollution reduction scheme

Hon Penny Wong - Report on climate change & infrastructure, water, small block irrigators package, President obama international agreement, CPRS

David Crombie - Any new drought policy needs to secure the present and transition to the future

The Hon Wayne Swan MP Treasurer and Senator The Hon Penny Wong Minister for Climate Change and Wa - Release of Australia's Low Pollution Future report: The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Carbon pollution reduction scheme, Treasury modelling

Hon Penny Wong - Carbon pollution reduction scheme treasury modelling

John Cherry QFF - Bligh laws set to undermine $200 million Federal reef rescue plan

Wayne Swan - Acquisition of St George Bank

Cheryl Batagol, Chairman, Melbourne Water - Statement from Cheryl Batagol

John Cobb - Murray Darling Basin communities abandoned by Rudd

Hon Penny Wong - International climate change agreement negotiations

The Hon Greg Hunt MP - Coalition’s Murray-Darling Basin Tour

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - Prime Minister's Address to the Nation

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP - Leader of the Opposition Address to the Nation - Economic Security Strategy

Hon Penny Wong - Towards a new response to climate change – Perspectives from Australia

Tim Harcourt - Animal spirits or rational economics: Can exporters ride out the storm?

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - $4.8 Billion down payment to help Pensioners, Seniors and Carers

Hon Penny Wong - Storm water launch

Hon Penny Wong - Stormwater project launch at Salisbury wetlands

Senator Ron Boswell - Kangaroo Farms - a eureka moment from Garnaut

Hon Penny Wong - Launch of the Carbon Disclosure Project Australia & New Zealand

Senator Bob Brown - Mass extinction crisis demands climate change action around the globe

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young - Climate change refugees a responsibility for Australia

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP - Interest rates, infrastructure

Senator Ron Boswell - Food security neglected in Garnaut's land of roos and trees

Senator Rachel Siewert - Australian food security lax

Senator Bob Brown - Garnaut's global analysis forgets China; Local analysis points to forest protection

Hon Greg Hunt MP - Purchase of Toorale Station, Murray Darling Basin

Hon Penny Wong - CSIRO report on the impact of climate change on Australian fisheries, financial crisis, eating kangaroo

Hon Penny Wong - Water, Climate change

Hon Penny Wong - Emissions trading scheme, Professor garnauts report, 4% rule on water trade

Hon Penny Wong - Grants for surf livesaving clubs to save water, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Garnaut climate change review, 4% trading cap on water

Hon Penny Wong - Next stage of the Murray-Darling Basin water purchase program.

The Hon Brendan O'Connor - Address to the Agri-Food National Conference

Hon Penny Wong - Water act amendment bill 2008

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - International Tropical Timber agreement

The Hon Peter Garrett MP - Polls; PM's overseas travel; irrigator exit grants package; Melbourne desalination plant; Melbourne zero emissions house

The Hon Chris Evans - Pacific Island seasonal worker visas

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP - Appointment of Shadow Ministry

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP - Senator the Hon Chris Ellison

The Hon Christopher Ellison - My decision to retire from politics

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP - Liberal leadership, economy, ETS...

Alan Carpenter - Statement by Alan Carpenter

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP - Liberal Leadership

The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP - Nelson Doorstop - Liberal Party Leadership

Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP - The Federal Liberal Party: moving to the next phase

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Glenelg to Adelaide parklands recycled water project, Toorale station, water purchases, lower lakes, WA election

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Wave research, climate change

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - CSIRO Perth, sustainable yields project funding, Murray Darling Basin, carbon pollution reduction scheme

Brendan O'Connor - Minister for Employment Participation - Jobs Australia Conference speech

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Murray Darling Basin water buyback tender, water purchases

The Hon Greg Hunt MP - Release of the Garnaut Supplementary Draft Report

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Climate change, Professor Garnaut's report

Brendan Stewart - Chairman’s Address adjourned A Class shareholders meeting

The Hon Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - Lone Pine Tree Planting

The Hon Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - Address at Battle for Australia Commemorative Ceremony

The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP - Address to the Governor-General's Reception

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Coorong & Lower Lakes, Adelaide's water supply

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Options for the Coorong & Lower Lakes, Murray Darling Basin

The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP - Emergency Assistance Fund for the Lower Lakes and Coorong Region Bill 2008

The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP - Emergency Assistance Fund for the Lower Lakes and Coorong Region of South Australia Bill 2008

The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP - Address to the Australian Industry Group National Conference

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Climate change and the Murray Darling Basin, Lower Lakes, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Opening remarks at the 11th International riversymposium

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Australia’s carbon pollution reduction scheme

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Remarks to Introduce the Hon Alan Carpenter MP, Premier of Western Australia

The Hon Peter Garrett - Beverley uranium mine expansion approval

Hon Penny Wong - BCA green paper submission, Queensland water allocations

The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP - Facing future challenges: The future of our Federation and Governance

The Hon Stephen Conroy - Address to the celebration of broadband on Yorke Peninsula

Hon Penny Wong - Murray-Darling Basin

Hon Penny Wong - Forestry conference, carbon pollution reduction scheme, nuclear power

Hon Penny Wong - Forests in a Climate Change World – Unlocking their potential

The Hon Greg Hunt MP - Government inaction on the Murray Lower Lakes

Malcolm Turnbull - Address to the Property Council of Australia - A Vision for Tax Reform

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - Murray Darling Basin

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - Speech to a Dinner Hosted by Business Groups,Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hon Penny Wong - Murray Darling Basin, Lower Lakes, Water Allocations, Water Buy Backs

The Hon Peter Garrett - Beijing air pollution; CPRS and logging; Murray Darling Basin water buy-backs; solar rebates

Hon Penny Wong - Carbon Pollution reduction scheme, green paper, Murray-Darling basin

The Hon Peter Garrett - Solar Homes & communities plan

Hon Penny Wong - Moving Australia to a low carbon economy

Hon Penny Wong - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

The Hon Peter Garrett - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; EPBC Act; Shoalwater Bay; Coal protest; Plastic bags; Clean coal

Hon Penny Wong - Carbon pollution reduction scheme

The Hon Peter Garrett - Coal protest; clean coal

Hon Penny Wong - Liberal Party and Climate Change

Hon Penny Wong - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

The Hon Peter Garrett - National Solar Schools Program; Green Loans; Solar Homes and Communities Plan; Gunns

The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP - Nelson interview with Charles Wooley (Macquarie Regional Radio)

The Hon Stephen Conroy - Address to the Australian Communications and Media Authority & Communications Alliance Consumer Dialogue 2008, Sydney

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - Community Cabinet; Northern Territory Intervention; Indigenous Initiatives; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Green paper, carbon pollution reduction schem

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Opportunities for Australian business in a carbon-constrained world

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Australia’s carbon pollution reduction scheme

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - By-elections, green paper, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Murray Darling basin

Mark Vaile - Vaile steps down from politics

The Hon Jenny Macklin MP - Carbon pollution reduction scheme

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Carbone pollution reduction scheme green paper

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Carbon pollution reduction scheme, green paper

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; green paper

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Carbon pollution reduction scheme, green paper

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Internview with Grant Cameron ABC Radio Adelaide

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Carbon pollution reduction scheme, green paper

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - A Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme for Australia

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - World Youth Day address

Hon Penny Wong - Carbon pollution reduction scheme, green paper

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - Nominations for the Australian of the Year Awards 2009

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Emissions Trading Scheme, Green Paper

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Emissions Trading Scheme, Murray-Darling Basin, Lower Lakes

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Green Paper, Garnaut Report, Emissions Trading Scheme

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - Partial transcript of interview re the upcoming G8 meeting

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Garnaut report, Murray-Darling Basin, Emissions trading

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Garnaut review draft report

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Garnaut climate change review, emissions trading scheme

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Emissions trading scheme, agreement on the Murray Darling Basin, renewable energy target

Prime Minister - Hon Kevin Rudd - Maroons; Garnaut Report; Emissions Trading Scheme; Kyoto; Tasmanian Devil

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Renewable energy target options paper; emissions trading scheme; coag; Murray-Darling Basin; Lower Lakes and the Coorong

The Hon Tanya Pilbersek MP - National Rural Women's Summit opening

Prime Minister - interview with Chris Uhlmann - Emissions Trading Scheme; Coal Industry; Nuclear Power

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - National greenhouse & energy reporting system, Dusseldorp report, emissions trading scheme, Agriculture water needs

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Interview with David Mark, ABC Radio

Warren Truss - Leader of the National Party - Rural and regional Australia to benefit from July 1 Coalition tax changes

Hon Penny Wong - Emissions trading scheme, renewable energy target

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Australia's national greenhouse accounts, emissions trading scheme, Belinda Neal, Whaling

Senator the Hon Penny Wong - Lower Lake and Coorong

Tony Burke - - Doorstop Interview - Parliament House, Canberra

Peter Garret minister for the environment,Heritage and the Arts - ABC LATELINE 4 JUNE 2008 haling; plastic bags; Emissions Trading Scheme; Burrup Peninsula; the Kimberley.

Tony Bourke Sky news interview - Biofuels and fuel costs to farmers Tony Bourke

Kevin Rudd - PM Interview with Neil Mitchell, Radio 3AW Melbourne

Opinion by Jan Davis from Growcom - Climate change impact is not one size fits all

The Hon Julia Gillard - The Minerals Council of Australia

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens - World Environment Day

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens - The Upgraded Corowa Emergency Operations Centre

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Speech to Irrigation Australia 2008 Conference & Exhibition

Jan Davis from Growcom - Risk insurance scheme a key plank in improved biosecurity regime

The Hon Tony Burke - Post Budget Breakfast speech to Rural Press Club of Victoria 14 May 2008

Mr David Crombie - ‘Beef up’ quarantine protection warn farmers

Leader of The Nationals - Warren Truss - Regional Australians – Labor’s new forgotten people

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Climate Change and Water: Preparing for Australia’s Future Challenges

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy - Address to ACMA RADCOMMS Conference, Melbourne

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Rudd government to invest $12.9 billion in water

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy - Address to APEC meeting, Bangkok, Thailand

David Byard - Chewing the fat

Senator The Hon Penny Wong - Speech to the 4th Annual Australian Water Summit - Water for the Future

The Hon. Greg Combet MP - Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement

Warren Truss - Leader of the National Party - Yet another transport review – what exactly does Anthony Albanese do?

Jan Davis from Growcom - State water plans recognised by new federal government

The Leader of The Nationals, Warren Truss - Peter McGauran

Brett Heffernan, National Farmers' Federation - Following the Federal Government's announcement today of the $15M study into the North-South Railway

Mathew Abraham, David Bevan & Penny Wong - River Murray and Lower Lakes

Penny Wong and Fran Kelly - Emissions trading

David Crombie - Drought review must look to the future

Rob Goudswaard - Resilience is a great trait

Penny Wong and Keith Conlon - Purchasing $50 million down payment for the Murray

Penny Wong and Jon Faine - Water, management of the Murray Darling Basin; Rudd government on track to meet Kyoto targets

Prime Minister of Australia - Mackay Flooding

Hon Mike Rann MP, Premier - National apology to the Stolen Generations

Premier Anna Bligh - Qld Premier endorses national apology

Prime Minister of Australia - Mr Kevin Rudd - Apology To Australia's Indigenous Peoples

Julia Gillard - Workplace Relations Ministerial Council, cost of living pressures

Peter Garrett - Opening of the largest ever roof-mounted solar array

Prime Minister of Australia - Australia 2020 Summit; Rio Tinto; Indigenous Apology; Mortgage Stress; Gunns; Inflation; Appointments; Balibo Five

Prime Minister of Australia - 2008 Australia Day Message

Mr Peter Anderson - Acting Chief Executive - ACCI

The Hon Tony Burke Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry - Tony Burke interview Drought/climate change Radio 2UE

Tony Burke Minister Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry - Drought/climate change - Sky News Interview

PM Kevin Rudd - Bali; Climate Change; Relationships Register; Indigenous Intervention

VIC Minister for Small Business, Joe Helper - Buy Locally Campaign

NSW Farmers Association President Jock Laurie - Dr Richard Sheldrake

Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - Great Barrier Reef

NT Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister Chris Natt - Channel Point Coastal Reserve

NSW Farmers’ Association Grain Committee Chairman, John Ridley - Grave Concern

Nationals Senator Fiona Nash - Unravelling Fast

NT Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister Chris Natt & NT Livestock Exporters Association chief exe - Reaching Record Levels

VIC Water Minister Tim Holding - Local Industries & Businesses

SA Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Minister, Rory McEwen & SA Coles Supermarkets Compliance Manager, - Fruit Fly Menace

QLD Corrective Services Minister Judy Spence - Water Tank Manufacturing Program

VIC Minister for Emergency Services, Bob Cameron - Safety Emergency Support Program

Australian Greens Climate Change Spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne - Reducing Emissions

Greens Leader Bob Brown - Bad Timing

Greens NSW MP John Kaye - Inflating Prices

SA Minister for Consumer Affairs, Jennifer Rankine - Cheap Deals on Rainwater Tanks

WPA President Don Hamblin - Committed to Finding Alternatives

NSW Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Steve Dunn - Contact Local Vet

QLD Local Government Minister Warren Pitt - Stepping in To Help Out

Minister for Human Services, Senator Joe Ludwig - Drought Bus

NSW Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Steve Dunn - Horse Owners Must Register Animals

QLD Deputy Premier Paul Lucas - Delivering Water Security

WA Agriculture & Food Minister Kim Chance - Early Benefits

SA Premier Mike Rann & Minister for the River Murray Karlene Maywald - An Improved Volume of Water

TAS Health and Human Services Minister Lara Giddings - Preventing Suicide

Lang Lang vet Dr Sherri Jaques - Horse Flu Virus

Territory Health Minister Chris Burns - Good Work

VIC Minister for Community Development, Peter Batchelor - A Helping Hand

VIC Water Minister Tim Holding - Helping Victorians Save

Upper House Greens MP Ian Cohen - GM-Free Farmers

Greens MP Ian Cohen - Subjecting Layer Hens to Battery Cages

Sue Pennicuik - Steel Jaw Traps

Australian Greens Climate Change Spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne - A Historic Day

Australian Greens climate change spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne - Bali Climate Conference

Incident Controller Paul Helleman from the Parks and Wildlife Service - Controlling Fire

NSW Nationals Senator Fiona Nash - No Understanding Or Vision

NSW Director of Merial Equine Biologic Projects, Dr Jules Minke - ProtequFlu

NSW Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald - Man Caught

QLD Water Minister Craig Wallace - Assisting Not-for-Profit Organisations

NFF President David Crombie - An Evolution, Rather than a Revolution

NSW Farmers’ Association President Jock Laurie - Warren Truss Welcomed

NSW Farmers’ Association Rural Affairs Committee Chair Alan Brown - Tertiary Education Scholarships

Executive Director of ABARE, Phillip Glyde - Australian Forest & Wood Products Statistics

Booderee National Park Manager, Scott Suridge - Illegal Hauls of Squid

Greens Leader, Bob Brown - Rectify the Absurdity

Greens Leader, Bob Brown - New Leadership

Nationals Federal Member for Cowper, Luke Hartsuyke - Unable to Commit

Senator Joyce - A New Message

NT Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister Chris Natt - Expanding the Artificial Reef Network

VIC Water Minister Tim Holding - Saving 300 Million Litres of Drinking Water

VIC Minister for Energy and Resources Peter Batchelor - Power Prices Impacted by Drought

National Farmers Federation President David Crombie - Lifting Moratoria

RDAA President, Dr Peter Rischbieth - Welcoming Nicola Roxon

Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Steve Dunn - Horses Can Now Move Freely

NSW Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald - Two Major Milestones

VIC Minister for Regional and Rural Development, Jacinta Allan - Future Growth & Development

VIC Minister for Regional and Rural Development, Jacinta Allan - Ararat Buy Local Campaign

VIC Environment Minister Gavin Jennings & EPA Chairman Mick Bourke - Goulburn Valley Water

VIC Minister for Industry and Trade, Theo Theophanous - Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame

VIC Minister for Regional and Rural Development, Jacinta Allan - Boomaroo Nurseries

VIC Minister for Agriculture, Joe Helper - On-Farm Productivity Improvement Grants

Victoria’s Minister for Agriculture, Joe Helper - Research Angler Program

WA Police and Emergency Services Minister John Kobelke - Ready to Protect Life

WA Forestry Minister Kim Chance - Long-Term Impact

NSW Farmers’ Association President Jock Laurie - Wishing Vaile Luck

NSW Farmers’ Association President Jock Laurie - Genetically Modified Canola Crops

NSW Farmers’ Association President Jock Laurie - GM Technology

GRDC Chairman, Keith Perrett - GM Canola Varieties

National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie - A Prudent Wait & See Policy

QLD Biosecurity Queensland's Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Ron Glanville - Proper Biosecurity Measures

NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald - A Milestone

QLD Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations John Mickel - Workplace Health & Safety

QLD Premier Anna Bligh - Raring to Go!

VIC Premier John Brumby - A Fantastic Victory

VIC Minister for Roads and Ports, Tim Pallas - Helping Communities

WA Agriculture and Food Minister Kim Chance and Tasmania Primary Industries Minister David Llewellyn - Calling on VIC, NSW & SA

RDAA President, Dr Peter Rischbieth - Welcoming Federal Labor

Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of The Nationals Mark Vaile - Time for a Fresh Start

Division 10 Councillor David Pahlke - Rosewood Tree

Greens Lead Senate Candidate for Queensland, Larissa Waters - Queenslanders Deserve to Know!

Colleen Hartland MLC - Do you want fluoride in your water?