Greenpeace surprised to see the Australian government planning to allocate more funds while ignoring climate change
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/ROHAN THOMSON
Morrison, already under pressure over his handling of the country’s worst Covid-19 outbreak fuelled by the Omicron variant, said the investment will help protect about 64,000 jobs in Queensland that depend on the reef. The additional funding to be used over the next nine years will add to an existing A$2bn package designed to shield the reef from environmental threats over the next three decades.
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