Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Global warming driven by burning coal, oil and gas is threatening the Great Barrier Reef. Studies this week showed that coral bleaching is almost at 20 per cent in all surveys. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has raised its coral bleaching warnings to alert level 2. Climate Professor Terry Hughes has said that the government must choose between coal and the Great Barrier Reef; it cannot have both. Which do you choose?