The Labor government will give a $204 million boost to the protection and management of the Great Barrier Reef, bringing the total investment in the reef to $1.2 billion (US$751 million).
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on Friday unveiled the new package, noting it will go into replanting parts of the reef with new corals, catchment restoration, improving fisheries management and a new research centre.
“If we protect the reef, we protect our future. This new investment will bring forward actions that have been long overdue,” Plibersek said in a statement.
“We are taking strong and immediate action on climate change and investing a record $1.2 billion to 2030 to protect, manage and restore the reef.”…