Greening Victoria | Hong Lim MP, Member for Clayton

AUSTRALIAN FIRST AS ELECTRIC VEHICLES COME TO VICTORIA

Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by admin.

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Premier John Brumby today welcomed Australia’s first commercially viable, fully electric vehicles to the state, which will be a part of a groundbreaking Victorian Government trial. Mr Brumby was joined by Roads and Ports Minister Tim Pallas and Mitsubishi Motors Australia President Masahiko Takahashi in Port Melbourne today as 20 Mitsubishi i-MiEV were unloaded at [...]

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RETROFIT TO CREATE 3000 GREEN MANUFACTURING JOBS

Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by admin.

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The green retrofit of 1200 Melbourne buildings will create 3000 jobs in Victoria’s manufacturing supply chain over the next 10 years, according to a new report. Industry and Trade Minister Jacinta Allan today released the Victorian Industry Manufacturing Council’s (VIMC) Future Job Opportunities for Victorian Manufacturers: 1200 Buildings Retrofit Stimulus report while speaking at the [...]

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NEW HIGH-BLEND ETHANOL FUEL TO POWER GREEN MACHINES

Posted on 02. Aug, 2010 by admin.

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Industry and Trade Minister Jacinta Allan today joined Caltex and GM Holden to announce a rollout of fuel containing up to 85 per cent ethanol across Caltex’s network, including Victoria, by end of October this year. Ms Allan said Caltex’s Bio E-Flex fuel was the latest alternative fuel initiative to reach Victoria in a bid [...]

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NATION LEADING CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION TO BE ENSHRINED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by admin.

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A 20 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 will be enshrined in law by a bill introduced to Parliament by the Premier John Brumby today. Introducing the Climate Change Bill 2010 to Parliament, Mr Brumby said the Government was determined to ensure Victoria led the nation on climate change action. “This Bill [...]

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BRUMBY UNVEILS PLAN TO LEAD NATION ON CLIMATE ACTION

Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by admin.

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Cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 per cent by 2020 and cutting emissions from brown coal power stations over the next four years will see Victoria lead Australia in taking action on climate change. Launching Taking Action for Victoria’s Future – The Victorian Climate Change White Paper Action Plan, the Premier, John Brumby [...]

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FAST TRACK FOR NEW VICTORIAN SOLAR POWER STATIONS

Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by admin.

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Premier John Brumby announced today that the Victorian Government would fast track applications for new solar stations in regional Victoria, in response to the recent announcement to increase Victoria’s electricity supply from solar power to five per cent by 2020. Mr Brumby announced last week that Victoria was set to become Australia’s solar state through [...]

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ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS TO RETURN TO YARRA AND THOMSON

Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by admin.

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Melbourne’s improved water security from the Government’s water projects, conservation and better rainfall will see a further 22 billion litres of environmental water returned to the Yarra and Thomson rivers earlier than planned, Water Minister Tim Holding announced today. Each year an additional 10 billion litres of water will be returned to the Yarra [...]

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VICTORIA SHINES IN SOLAR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 by admin.

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Victoria is set to become Australia’s solar state through a plan to increase Victoria’s electricity supply from large scale-solar power to five per cent by 2020, Premier John Brumby announced today. Mr Brumby visited Silex’s solar test facility in Bridgewater with Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings and said the five per cent target [...]

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VICTORIA TAKES ACTION TO LEAD NATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by admin.

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Rebates offered for registrations for hybrid and electric vehicles would double under a new plan to drive down emissions and drive new investment in cleaner, greener industries, Premier John Brumby announced today. Addressing senior students at Glen Waverley Secondary College with Education Minister Bronwyn Pike and Member for Mount Waverley Maxine Morand, Mr Brumby announced [...]

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VICTORIANS WITH SOLAR ENCOURAGED TO SHOP AROUND

Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by admin.

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Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has reminded Victorians with solar panels to look around for the best electricity prices and conditions to suit their needs. An increase in solar panel installations is expected over coming weeks as the Federal Government’s closing date to receive the rebate approaches. Already, Victorians have installed 27,395 grid-connected, [...]

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TRANSFORMING VICTORIA’S ENERGY FUTURE – BATCHELOR

Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by admin.

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The Brumby Labor Government today released a discussion paper setting the scene for how Victoria will cut greenhouse gas emissions, switch to more renewable energy supplies and create a climate change economy over the next decade and beyond. Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor said Victoria’s Energy Future was the start of a conversation with [...]

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SUN SHINES ON REVOLUTIONARY SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY

Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by admin.

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World-leading technology that will make solar cells more efficient as well as cheaper to manufacture and purchase will be developed in Melbourne thanks in part to a $3 million Brumby Labor Government grant. Environment, Climate Change and Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings said the collaboration between Swinburne University of Technology and China’s Suntech Power Holdings will [...]