Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy) | Hansard source

I can confirm that scientists were here in association with the reef authority. Reef authority staff have been working with those research partners from the Australian Institute of Marine Science to conduct aerial surveys across the reef. Those surveys concluded on Wednesday 23 March, but the results are still being analysed. The minister is aware that these surveys have detected widespread coral bleaching over a large area of the reef. These surveys indicate variable levels of bleaching between different regions—