Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Jobs and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Carr, I completely reject the premise of your question. As I have stated, both AIMS and CSIRO will continue to be intimately involved with protecting the reef, including in particular as key partners in the reef recovery and adaptation program that was announced earlier this year, in January, and this is work that will continue over the next 18 months.

As I've stated, Senator Carr, it is obvious that the foundation, based on past work it has done, has the ability to attract private sector investment. That is why we have it: the public-private partnerships that are able to be leveraged as a result of this investment. But, as far as CSIRO and AIMS are concerned, they will continue to be intimately involved in the management of the Great Barrier Reef.