Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

It's very well known that the Great Barrier Reef Foundation has been the largest charity with the reef. And how do we know that? Because in 2012 when the member for Watson gave millions of dollars to the foundation, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority announced that it was the most successful charity. We know that the head of the charity, Anna Marsden, has told 7.30 that it has been able to raise over $90 million from a range of sources—about $25 million of which is from government sources, both federal and state; and tens of millions of dollars are from the private sector and philanthropic means.

The question is: why didn't we get any questions yesterday from the member for Watson? Maybe because there was a headline in The Australian. The member for Watson denies the double standard of—

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