A $60 million blueprint to help ‘future-proof’ the Great Barrier Reef is expected to be unveiled by the Government today.
The scheme will roll out over 18 months, and will include a plan to reduce sediments runoff, increase water-quality police, and aid the destruction of crown-of-thorn starfish.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will reveal the plans today in Townsville in front of Australia’s leading scientists, who represent a fraction of the 64,000 professionals employed to look after the reef.