Itr Minister Media Release
The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP. SMART GRID, SMART CITY. Smart Grid, Smart City will provide valuable information that will drive industry investment in smart grid technologies in the future.
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This and other findings are contained in the report Australian vegetable growing farms: an economic survey, 2007-08 , released today by ABARE Deputy Executive Director, Dr Terry Sheales. 'Despite a rise in average prices received for vegetables in 2007-08, overall receipts from the sale of vegetables fell by 6 per cent on average as seasonal conditions resulted in lower yields and production,' Dr Sheales said. Another factor identified in the report as contributing to a lower average farm cash income in 2007-08 was an increase in average cash costs, of 2 per cent, because of higher costs for inputs such as fertiliser.
Itr Minister Media Release
The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP. The Minister for Tourism, Martin Ferguson AM MP, has welcomed the release of Tourism Australia's new No Leave, No Life magazine, which features 87 Australian tourism operators and encourages Australians to trade in their accrued leave for an Australian holiday. Launched at the end of March, Tourism Australia's No Leave, No Life program aims to both help Australian employers change attitudes to leave-taking within their workplaces and encourage workers to take a break and improve their work-life balance.
Itr Minister Media Release
The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP. Solar energy like all the others will only succeed if it is affordable, adequate and reliable in the energy market of the future. The Government's funding of solar energy through the Solar Flagships Program, the ASI, and the Centre for Renewable Energy is part of a broader strategy not a strategy in itself.