The Queensland government has lashed an “unprecedented” decision by the Commonwealth to award $444 million in Great Barrier Reef funding to a private organisation, saying it was blindsided by the announcement and the money will not save the reef unless climate change is also curbed.
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| Fish swim among bleached coral in the Great Barrier Reef. |
Fairfax Media has also confirmed the Great Barrier Reef Foundation will pocket a slice of the record funding, triggering claims the Turnbull government is wasting money that should be spent saving the ailing natural wonder.
But the foundation says its share of the millions will be capped to maximise the amount spent on the reef.
Read the story by Nicole Hasham from The Age - “'Insufficient': Queensland government savages reef deal.”
