Great Barrier Reef
The latest news and comment on the world's largest coral reef system, the Great Barrier Reef
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A nickel refinery owned by the Palmer United party leader has been charged with six environmental breaches and faces a $1.1m fine for each charge
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Team examines tens of thousands of genes to identify those that allow coral to adapt to high carbon dioxide levels and more acidic oceans
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Two sea turtles have been released into the waters of Queensland's Great Barrier Reef after being rehabilitated in captivity
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Graham Readfearn: World leading coral scientist attacks foreign minister saying Australians deserve better representation at international climate meeting
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‘I don’t think others should be coming and lecturing us on climate change,’ trade minister says of US president’s comments
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Australian foreign minister’s office sent White House a note explaining government actions to save the natural wonder
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After US president drew attention to climate change’s effect on reef, foreign minister says he ‘overlooked’ Australian actions
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Government backdown means Indian owners won’t be required to replace razed critically endangered habitat until two years into the project
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US president raises concerns on health of the reef, but Campbell Newman says fears about its future are the result of a ‘campaign of misinformation by green groups’
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US president says China must ‘adhere to the same rules as other nations, whether in trade or on the seas’
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Campbell Newman says his government is trying to combat ‘dishonest’ campaign being waged by environmentalists
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The great knots, sharp-tailed sandpipers and tiny red-necked stints that wade the shore have made it all the way from Siberia, but habitat destruction now threatens to disrupt their migratory routes
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Director general of UN cultural and heritage body hopes government’s plan for the reef will ‘reverse the trend’ of decline
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Guardian Australia: Report says invasive species, tourism, poaching, dams and logging most pressing threats but climate change may eclipse all
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Global partnership to launch public access to the underwater version of Street View in Sydney
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Ban will apply to new dredging projects but not the larger world heritage area which includes inshore waters where ports are located
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Research by marine scientists into Great Barrier Reef fish populations remind us of the need to protect the small creatures in an ocean as small as it is vast
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Environmental assessment will instead use paperwork from previous plan to dump spoil in Great Barrier Reef marine park
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Big lenders have closed off finance to Abbot’s Point, says US environment group Rainforest Action Network
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Scientists warn the government’s strategy is likely to prove ineffectual as ‘unless Australia cuts back on carbon dioxide emissions we won’t have much of a Great Barrier Reef left’
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Researchers find that larvae development is significantly stunted by murky water and increased sediment
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Scientists warn that pollution may be dramatically increasing the rate of ocean acidification in inshore areas, threatening coral
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Coral reef expert says Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has lost its credibility and budget cuts left it unable to protect the world heritage site
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Deputy premier Jeff Seeney says despite conservation group’s concerns, nationally significant wetland will be preserved
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Conservationists are opposed to any dredging which would enable the expansion of the Abbot Point coal terminal
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State environment minister claims the main aim of conservation groups is to shut down Queensland’s resource industry
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Researchers have asked ‘citizen scientists’ to help gather footage and images on mysterious stingray species that has only been recorded 25 times since 1770
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Federal and Queensland government proposal to improve water quality ‘little more than business as usual’, say environmentalists
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Local business owners and politicians say the development of the port and associated coalmines can save north Queensland
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Veteran wildlife presenter to film three hour-long nature documentaries for BBC1 to be broadcast next year
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Guardian Australia: Conservationists ‘waiting to see details’ of proposed land-based sediment disposal before dropping challenge to sea dumping
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The state government has asked the federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, to fast-track approval for the plan
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Queensland government wants sediment from Abbot Point development to be dumped on land instead, report says
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Report says more studies needed into impacts of dredging and calls for end to cuts to government agencies that protect reef
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