Official Website | Federal Member for Kingsford Smith, Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts

18 Aug: Export approval for safe destruction of Botany Bay legacy waste
Peter Garrett today granted an export permit which will finally see Australia’s largest and only stockpile of hazardous hexachlorobenzene (HCB) waste leave our shores to be safely destroyed overseas. » Media release
15 Aug: Melbourne Athenaeum refurbishment complete
Peter Garrett and Labor Candidate for Melbourne, Cath Bowtell, today welcomed the completion of the Melbourne Athenaeum refurbishment, which received funding under the Federal Government’s Jobs Fund. » Joint media release
15 Aug: Investing in a Creative Australia
A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will provide new funding to the Australia Council to nurture the creative process, help artists create new work and ensure audiences have greater access to a diversity of creative expressions. » Media release » Fact sheet (3p PDF) » Ministerial statement (12p PDF)
14 Aug: A Healthy Environment
Federal Labor has achieved a great deal in our first term of government when it comes to safeguarding our environment and we have a plan for the future. » A Heathy Environment - a ministerial statement from the Minister for Environment Protection (14p PDF)
14 Aug: Green Corridors
A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will invest $10 million to build the resilience of our environment to climate change through our new Green Corridors Plan » Green Corridors Fact Sheet (3p PDF)
11 Aug: Coalition 'stranded' on whales and dolphins
The Coalition announcement today continues their tradition of releasing half-baked policies when it comes to whales and dolphins, with constant flip flopping and a casual approach to the protection of whales. » media release
1 Aug: Giving Malabar Headland back to the people
The Gillard Labor Government today announced that around 70 hectares of additional National Park and conservation reserve will be created at Malabar Headland following a decison to transfer the site to the New South Wales Government for conservation. » joint media release » transcript of press conference Photo: Mark Rogers
30 July: New standards for storing collectables and personal use assets held by self-managed superannuation funds
A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will ensure that from 1 July 2011 collectables and personal use assets owned by self managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) must be stored according to new rules to prevent them from giving rise to a personal benefit. » media release
28 July: HM BARK Endeavour sails again for another epic voyage
The Australian National Maritime Museum’s magnificent replica of Captain Cook’s ship HM Bark Endeavour will make a historic circumnavigation of Australia in 2011-12, Peter Garrett announced today. » media release
24 July: Around the electorate
	On Saturday, I caught up with people in the electorate - in Randwick, South Maroubra and Coogee - and talked about issues important to them locally and nationally.
22 July: Funding for Kingsford Smith teenagers with disabilities
Maroubra-based Eastern Respite and Recreation will receive more than $1 million over three years to continue providing services under the Gillard Government’s Outside School Hours Care for Teenagers with Disability program. » media release