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

Again, AIMS and CSIRO work very closely together. They have a very good relationship. They all do extraordinary work in protecting the Great Barrier Reef. They will bring together a set of complementary skills. Both AIMS and CSIRO have worked closely with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation in the past, and they will continue to do so. As I have stated, it is actually AIMS and CSIRO that are leading the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program. This is the program that will actually inform how the Great Barrier Reef Foundation's funds will be spent.

Those on the other side would also know that the Great Barrier Reef Foundation has to have some form of credibility—even if they don't want it to—because when Labor were in government they themselves invested $12.5 million in the foundation. (Time expired)