Senate debates Questions without Notice

Great Barrier Reef


Mathias Cormann

Mathias Cormann WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council

2:35 pm

Firstly, what I can say—and I'm sure that everybody around the chamber agrees—is that the Australian government is deeply committed to protecting the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef. The reef generates—

Greens senators interjecting—

I'm disappointed the Greens would not agree with that. Who would have thought? The reef generates 64,000 jobs and contributes—

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