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Dirty business as usual on the Reef

Feature Story | 25 June, 2012 at 11:46

If you’re reading this you probably already know that the Great Barrier Reef is under threat because of rampant industrialisation up and down the coast.

Coal ports advance on Reef despite UNESCO concerns

Press release | 19 June, 2012 at 16:36

Only three weeks after UNESCO issued an urgent warning on the threats to the Great Barrier Reef from industrial development, Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, is pushing ahead with the approval process for the controversial Hancock coal...

UNESCO steps up defence of the Reef

Feature Story | 9 July, 2012 at 14:10

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has just concluded its annual meeting. Last week’s decisions on the Great Barrier Reef have profound implications for its future protection and pose some tough questions for Environment Minister Tony Burke.

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