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Martin Ferguson

Type: Person

Name: Martin Ferguson

Title: Politician

Organization: Australian Labor Party

Date of Birth: dd/mm/1953

Place of Birth: Sydney

Nationality: Australia

Fact Sheet: Biography for Martin Ferguson

First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 Documents

Martin Ferguson

$100bn needed to keep power on

THE Rudd government has warned of brown-outs and national power shortages akin to the water crisis if $100 billion is not spent on generators in the next 10 years, guaranteeing steep rises in electricity bills. Power price rises have also been linked ... [Published 2 hours ago by The Australian]

Entities: Martin Ferguson, Renewable Energy, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Global Warming/Climate Change

First Reported Mar 20 2010 - Updated Mar 20 2010 - 2 Documents

Australia Needs $92 Billion in Energy Investment to Meet Demand

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Australia needs to invest at least A$100 billion ($92 billion) in electricity infrastructure in the next decade to meet growing demand by consumers, the Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson, said. We need more investment ... [Published Mar 20 2010 by BusinessWeek]

Entities: Martin Ferguson, Australia, Iron Ore, Australian Government, Brisbane (Australia)

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 2 Documents

AUS brushes its concerns aside to sell uranium to RUS

The Howard government cut a deal to start selling uranium for civilian purposes but the treaty has not been ratified.A 2008 federal parliamentary committee warned against allowing the deal to proceed, saying tougher safeguards were needed on military ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by IndustrySearch]

Entities: Uranium, David Noonan, Russia

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 2 Documents

Anna Bligh

Bligh rejects federal concerns over QR

Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh, has criticised Australian Resources Minister, Martin Ferguson, for his comments about the float of Queensland Rail and the model of privatization chosen by the State Government. She said on 18 March 2010 that Ferguson's ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by TradingMarkets]

Entities: Anna Bligh, Martin Ferguson, QUEENSLAND Rail

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

John Stocker

Bitter pill for Sigma's stocker

SIGMA chair John Stocker has prepared the market for a shocker when it unveils its profit next week, after a month off the bourse, as the company rewrites the values on all its assets to bring them into line with reality. At the same time, he might also ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by The Australian]

Entities: John Stocker, Martin Ferguson, Taxes, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 2 Documents

Nick Greiner

Ferguson quietly backs Greiner

Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson is concerned at the infrastructure bottlenecks holding back the Queensland coal exports industry. He is unable to publicly criticise the State Government's plan to privatize and float as a whole the Queensland ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by TradingMarkets]

Entities: Nick Greiner, Martin Ferguson, Port Capacity, QUEENSLAND Rail

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 2 Documents

Spanish Giant has Plans for $1Bn Solar Energy Plant

AUSTRALIA - A Spanish energy and construction giant is seeking commonwealth support to build a $1 billion, 250MW solar power plant in Australia, one of the largest in the world. Cobra Energy, a branch of the multinational industrial conglomerate ACS, ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by TheBioenergySite.com]

Entities: Solar Power, Australia, Martin Ferguson, Renewable Energy, Solar Thermal

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Energy Centre to draw on power

Establishment of an Australian Centre for Renewable Energy has been approved by Parliament.Drawing together more than $560 million of renewable energy investment, the Centre will aim to develop and deploy renewable energy and was described as a 'significant ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by PSNews]

Entities: Martin Ferguson, Renewable Energy, Geothermal, Biofuels

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Business between Australia and China set to get better

Australian Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism told industry leaders from Australia and China on Tuesday that business between the two countries is good and set to get better.Addressing the Australia China Business Council's Canberra Networking ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by RBC Dain Rauscher]

Entities: China, Australia, Martin Ferguson

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

Government rediscovers secret report on Muckaty waste dump

The Federal Government has admitted it has possession of a secret anthropological report which provides the foundation and sole basis for the nomination of Muckaty Station, near Tennant Creek, as the most likely site for a radioactive waste dump.Last ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by Australian Greens]

Entities: Scott Ludlam, Kim Carr, Martin Ferguson

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 3 Documents

Aust will be in a fuel crisis- Ferguson

Australia will struggle to reduce its contribution to global emissions unless a viable alternative energy source can be developed, Martin Ferguson says.The federal government is investing in biofuels and carbon capture and storage (CCS) research, but ... [Published Mar 11 2010 by Sky News Australia]

Entities: Martin Ferguson, Carbon Capture and Storage, Crisis, Alternative Energy

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 15 Documents

Labor misled the NT on radioactive waste dump

The Australian Greens say Resources Minister Martin Ferguson misled the Northern Territory and all Australians by failing to reveal that his government's new National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 overrides the rights of states and territori ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by Australian Greens]

Entities: Radioactive Waste, Scott Ludlam, Australian Greens, Martin Ferguson

More Content

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$100bn needed to keep power on [The Australian - 2 hours ago]
Energy prices will keep on rising [The Australian - 5 hours ago]
Shale gas increasingly pursued [Sky News Australia - 17 hours ago]
Australia Needs $92 Billion in Energy Investmen... [BusinessWeek - Mar 20 2010]
Australia Needs $92 Billion in Energy Investmen... [BusinessWeek - Mar 20 2010]
AUS brushes its concerns aside to sell uranium ... [IndustrySearch - Mar 19 2010]
Australia paves the way to sell uranium [Sky News Australia - Mar 19 2010]
Bligh rejects federal concerns over QR [TradingMarkets - Mar 18 2010]
All-clear for Russian nukes deal [Melbourne Age - Mar 18 2010]
Australia considers to sell uranium to Russia [People's Daily Online - Mar 18 2010]
Bitter pill for Sigma's stocker [The Australian - Mar 18 2010]
OK for Russian nuke deal [Melbourne Age - Mar 18 2010]
Canberra airs QR float worries [TradingMarkets - Mar 18 2010]
WY: Governor's schedule packed on Australia trip [Stateline - Mar 16 2010]
Ferguson quietly backs Greiner [TradingMarkets - Mar 16 2010]
WY: Governor's schedule packed o... [Stateline - Mar 16 2010]
Spanish Giant has Plans for $1Bn Solar Energy P... [TheBioenergySite.com - Mar 16 2010]
Ferguson quietly backs Greiner on QR [The Australian - Mar 16 2010]
Energy Centre to draw on power [PSNews - Mar 16 2010]
Business between Australia and China set to get... [RBC Dain Rauscher - Mar 16 2010]
Plans for $1bn solar energy plant [The Australian - Mar 15 2010]
Government rediscovers secret report on Muckaty... [Australian Greens - Mar 15 2010]
Earthquake fears over nuclear dump site [ABC Online - Mar 12 2010]
Alternative energy needs to be proven in next d... [Balita.org - Mar 11 2010]
No stone will be left unturned in the hunt for ... [The Australian - Mar 11 2010]
Look who's cooking with coal [The Australian - Mar 11 2010]
Beach Energy: Cooper Basin oil 'within five years' [Adelaide Now - Mar 11 2010]
Aust will be in a fuel crisis- Ferguson [Sky News Australia - Mar 11 2010]
D-Day for Ferguson to produce Muckaty waste dum... [Australian Greens - Mar 11 2010]
Cooper Basin oil 'within five years' [Adelaide Now - Mar 11 2010]

Blogs

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Minister Backs Geothermal Energy Project [theangle.org - Mar 07 2010] By Rich Bowden: Federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has said the opening of a geothermal energy project in South Australia offered a “great ...
Does the Huge China-Australia Coal Deal Square ... [Asian Energy - Feb 17 2010] By LISA FRIEDMAN AND GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN of ClimateWireEnvironmental activists are attacking a $60 billion deal that will keep Chinese power stations supplied ...
Australian Governments Spend Big Capturing Carbon [theangle.org - Jan 30 2010] Senator Penny Wong. Credit: penrithsustainabilityunit by Bill Hudson Australian Energy Review Australian state and federal governments are spending up on ...
Energy Shorts for Week Ending 28/1/10 [theangle.org - Jan 28 2010] Power Station, Victoria. Credit: Damian Baker. By Bill Hudson Australian Energy Review Contact: australian.energy.review@gmail.com B ... NASDAQ and ...
Oil rig leak could have been prevented [Asian Energy - Jan 14 2010] By Jane Bardon and Jano GibsonPosted Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:00pm AEDT Updated Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:49pm AEDTA Hercules aircraft from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority ...

Audio/Video

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Ferguson Says Australia-China Relations Improvi... [Bloomberg - YouTube - Jan 23 2010]