A new Australian report downplays estimates that meeting Barrier Reef water quality targets will cost $8.2 billion and instead emphasises what can be achieved with $623 million.
A new progress report on Great Barrier Reef protection efforts has come under fire for ignoring findings that $8.2 billion will be needed to satisfy water quality goals.
The Queensland Government today sought to stave off a World Heritage 'in danger listing' for the Great Barrier Reef after the defeat of its land clearing bill.
A new report estimates meeting 2025 Reef water quality targets would cost $8.2 billion, largely because of the expense of cutting sediment levels in catchment run-off.
Queensland's Environment Minister Steven Miles has signalled further changes to the way financial assurances are imposed on major projects and has flagged new efforts to deal with problem wastes.
A Queensland parliamentary inquiry into a native vegetation bill has unanimously urged the Government not to reinstate pre-2013 prosecution rules for land clearing offences.