Senate debates

Tuesday, 12 September 2017

Motions

Great Barrier Reef

3:44 pm

Photo of James McGrathJames McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian and Queensland governments agreed at the recent Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Forum to bring forward a planned update to the Reef 2050 Plan. The Australian government is strongly committed to boosting the health and resilience of the reef through the Reef 2050 Plan. Our projections show that both governments will invest more than $2 billion in protecting the reef over a decade, including through key measures such as improving water quality and by culling crown-of-thorns starfish. In July 2017, UNESCO praised Australia's work in implementing the Reef 2050 Plan.

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