'Wasteful stunt': Turnbull government accused of doing too little to save reef

The Turnbull government's pledge of an additional $60 million to help improve the health of the Great Barrier Reef has been dismissed by environmental groups and scientists as insufficient and a "wasteful publicity stunt”.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visits the Australian Institute
 of Marine Science (AIMS) to unveil the 'rescue plan' for the reef.

The government's pledge of the funds over 18 months includes $10.4 million for "an all-out assault" to reduce the impact of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, the government said in a statement.

Read Peter Hannam’s story in The Sydney Morning Herald - “‘Wasteful stunt': Turnbull government accused of doing too little to save reef.”