Environment Minister, Susan Ley, has defended the government’s handling of the Great Barrier Reef after recommendations from UN officials to take, “accelerated action at all possible levels” on climate change.
UNESCO has suggested the Great Barrier Reef be listed as an “in danger” location, making it the first official World Heritage site affected by climate change.
Ley responded to these claims, saying, “she had already joined the foreign affairs minister, Marise Payne, in a call to Unesco’s director general, Audrey Azoulay”.