Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The government makes no apologies for ensuring that we continue our commitment to sustainable development that ensures the outstanding universal values of the Great Barrier Reef. Senator Boswell asked about new species. The government is aware of reports that surveying work undertaken by the proponents may have detected a new species of freshwater crab and a new species of shrimp previously unrecorded in this area—