Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, you just said that the report by UNESCO last night was a huge win for Queensland, a huge win for thousands of people who rely on the reef for work, and a huge win for all the plants and animals that call it home. Minister, the reef is fighting for its life after the seventh mass coral bleaching event this summer—the worst on record—and the science tells us that as the planet warms this will get worse. How exactly is this a huge win for the Great Barrier Reef?