Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

Nineteen of the 21 members of the World Heritage Committee voted in support of Australia's position. The World Heritage Committee's endorsement of Australia's position will give reef managers, marine scientists and land managers the chance to demonstrate the success of the outstanding work that is taking place across the reef. We will invite representatives of UNESCO and the IUCN to visit the reef and see firsthand the work that we are doing to build the reef's resilience, and we will submit a State Party Report to the World Heritage Centre by 1 February 2022. We will continue to work with UNESCO and the World Heritage Committee to protect the long-term future of the reef. We're working with the Queensland government to ensure that the strategies under the reef 2050 plan are delivering the best possible outcomes for the reef. The Australian and Queensland governments are investing more than $3 billion from 2014-15 to 2023-24 to implement the reef 2050 plan. More than $2 billion of this is from the Australian government.