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Bottoms up for the Barrier Reef

Danielle Kutchel, Tuesday, 30th August 2022 - A collaboration will champion First Nations custodianship of the Great Barrier Reef… through beer. Cheers! Here’s something to raise a glass to. Award winning Aussie social enterprise…

An emergency warning for humanity

David Ritter, Wednesday, 2nd March 2022 - It is impossible not to absorb the latest findings from the IPCC without feeling an incredible weight of sadness. The solace is that we know the causes of the emergency and there is an…

Conservation Groups Back Senate Calls for Reef Charity to Return Grant

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 19th February 2019 - Conservation charities have come out in full support of Senate recommendations for the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to hand back its controversial $433 million government grant. …

Sector Suspicious Over Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s First Project

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 21st January 2019 - The first project announcement by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation since being awarded a controversial $443 million grant, has been labelled a double handling exercise by conservationists,…

Record Grant to Great Barrier Reef Charity Comes Under Senate Scrutiny

Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 2nd August 2018 - The $443.8 million grant given to a small Great Barrier Reef charity has come under increasing scrutiny at a Senate inquiry, with revelations no environment department officials…

Questions Raised Over Record Government Charity Grant

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 22nd May 2018 - Questions have been raised about why a small environmental charity with close corporate links has received a $444 million grant from the federal government with no tender process. …

$500 Million for the Great Barrier Reef is Welcome, But We Need a Sea Change in Tactics Too

Contributor, Monday, 7th May 2018 - The latest funding announcement avoids any mention of reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, while providing a moderate amount of funding for the continuation of largely…

Saving Dory – Ellen Speaks Out for the Great Barrier Reef After NFP Appeal

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 9th June 2016 - Talk-show host and animal-activist, Ellen Degeneres, has joined the fight to help save the Great Barrier Reef, following pleas from Not for Profits that Dory needed her help.…

Australia’s Climate Change Target Weakens

Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 21st April 2016 - Australia will export one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from coal this year, according to Greenpeace Australia Pacific, and will erase its already “weak” Paris Agreement target…

Action is Brewing for the Barrier Reef

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 2nd December 2015 - A Brisbane man plans to tap the $4 billion Australian beer industry in an effort to save the Great Barrier Reef. James Grugeon has set up a social enterprise, the Good Beer Co, with half…

QLD Govt Attacks NFPs over Reef Campaign

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 29th April 2014 - The Queensland Government has accused environmental Not for Profits and corporate activists of misleading the public, as ice cream giant Ben and Jerry’s throws its support…

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