Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Whish-Wilson, for the question. I haven't seen those reports this morning, I must say, but I am aware, obviously, of the issue of coral bleaching and the impact on the Great Barrier Reef.

This government has made it a priority to make investments into the reef, to restore and repair it, and I know that Senator Green has been leading that work, in consultation with and in support of Minister Plibersek, to do what has needed to be done to ensure the future of the Great Barrier Reef. It's a reef that, as anyone who has visited knows, is of incredible beauty. It's an important part of North Queensland.