Cathy O'Toole (Herbert, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences and James Cook University are all based in my electorate. Why is the Prime Minister now making these vital research bodies in my electorate apply to a small, private foundation made up of his big-business mates to try to get back any of the taxpayers' money he gave away? Why is the Prime Minister privatising the protection of our most precious and fragile environmental asset?

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