House debates

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Questions without Notice

Great Barrier Reef Foundation

2:37 pm

Photo of Melissa PriceMelissa Price (Durack, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to thank the member for his question. This is a good opportunity to talk about the reef. We know about this $440 million grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. We all know that the reef requires an enormous amounts of effort in terms of the science needed. And there has been a considerable amount done already by the foundation. We've already identified $200 million with respect to water, a significant amount of money to research more broadly, a significant amount of money for resilience and also a small amount of money with respect to administration.

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