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What happened in the Philippines won’t just happen in the Philippines
Greg Hunt is an intelligent man. For years, Australia has been telling him that coal port expansion at Abbot Point will be harmful to the Great Barrier Reef. Since he became the Australian Federal Environment Minister, his constituents have been telling him that if the Galilee Basin is fully developed, we’re severely undermining our chances…
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The Great Barrier Reef: for dummies
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the greatest natural treasures on the planet. And it needs our help. We find it hard to keep track of everything that’s happening, places and names up at the Reef, so the team whipped up an infographic that really helped us and we want to share with you.…
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How stupid can they be? Why everyone in the world should care about the Reef
Everybody remembers their first dive. Well, take pity on me because my first dive was in Ireland, back in the 70s. I had no idea how great the underwater world could look until I moved to Australia, where I eventually made a living diving and educating people about the Great Barrier Reef. I’ve seen a…
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Is this bank about to go from advising to condemning Reef destruction?
As a contracted advisor to the planned Carmichael mega-mine, UK-based international bank Standard Chartered must be feeling rather exposed at the moment following a Hong Kong protest and then questions from Greenpeace at its annual general meeting in London. To date, 11 major international banks, including Standard Chartered rivals HSBC and Morgan Stanley, have distanced…
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Protecting Our Oceans and Marine Life
Stand with us to protect the health of our oceans and marine life. The health of our oceans are vital to life on earth.
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The verdict is in: 85% of Australians choose the Great Barrier Reef over coal
Scientists made it clear that we have an important choice to make – we can have the Reef, or we can have coal, but we can’t have both. We know that the science is telling us to choose the Reef, but what does the Australian community want? We recently commissioned an opinion poll to…
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Let’s stir up a Twitterstorm for the Reef on Q&A!
This Monday, Environment Minister Greg Hunt and Shadow Environment Minister Mark Butler will be on the panel of the ABC’s Q&A programme. This is a great opportunity to make the Reef a hot topic and put the Ministers on the spot! We need your help to stir up a Twitter Storm and put the destruction…
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8 photos that reveal the local impacts of climate change
Climate change is not a faraway nightmare. It’s real, it’s here, and it’s changing the way humans live. We’re seeing the effects all around us – polar ice melting, sea level rising and extreme weather events. On March 13 and 14, Cyclone Pam tore through the island nations of Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tuvalu and the…
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We have less than a week to Save the Reef
Can you imagine a world without our Great Barrier Reef? Right now, We have a big decision to make. The Australian government will soon choose a future with coal, or a future with the Great Barrier Reef. What we do in the next 7 days can change the course of the world’s greatest reef. The…
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Explore the underwater beauty of the Great Barrier Reef through Google Street View
If you’ve ever been diving in the Great Barrier Reef, you know why it’s a natural wonder revered all around the world. The Reef is a massive, vibrant, diverse underwater gem. It’s full of life and colour – and it needs your help. Right now, the Great Barrier Reef has a UNESCO World Heritage…