Introduction
Scope of this Ministerial Statement
This statement documents the Government's key priorities for climate change, water and the environment and outlines new spending on these priorities for 2008‑09 and the years ahead.
Outline
Chapter 1 of this statement provides the highlights of the Australian Government's expenditure on new climate change, water and environment initiatives since the 2007‑08 Budget. These have arisen from the Government's strategic directions and priorities in these areas.
Chapter 2 outlines the climate change, water and environmental challenges facing Australia.
Chapter 3 describes the Government's broad approach and priorities to address the challenges ahead for climate change, water and the environment.
Chapter 4 outlines the Government's major climate change, water and environment priorities and initiatives.
Expenditure for climate change, water and environment activities undertaken by this Government since the 2007‑08 Budget are listed in Appendices 1 and 2.
Style conventions used in this document
Amounts in this document are generally rounded to one decimal point using the standard rounding conventions. Due to rounding, the aggregation of elements within a table may not match the actual 'total'.
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