Environment

Two-thirds of Australians think reef crisis is 'national emergency' – poll

by The Daily Eye Team December 3 2016, 10:59 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 30 secs

More than two-thirds of Australians think the condition of the Great Barrier Reef should be declared a “national emergency” and support much stronger measures to protect it than are now being considered.
On Thursday the government released its report on the reef to Unesco, which was a condition of the reef being excluded from the UN body’s “world heritage in-danger” list. The government reported slow progress on the key issue of water quality and the failure of a major plank in the plan – slowing tree clearing in Queensland.

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