It should come as no surprise that China is behind the UN assault on Australia's management of its own Great Barrier Reef. Susan Ley is onto the blag.

The notion that China is in some way reasonable for the listing of the GBR as endangered is a red herring and an attempt at deflection by the government. Having a story from Indy, and Indy is no a supporter of the greenies, is alarming. The state and federal governments do put millions into reef conservation, is it spent wisely, we don't know. In 2018, $444 million was given to Liberal mates running a small foundation without any tender process or consultation. Where did the money go, Sports Rorts, Reef Rorts?

We're told that the Reef is in trouble.
This is not a hunch or some alarmist rhetoric
by Green activists. It's the conclusion of the
world's most qualified coral reef experts.

If we don't increase our commitment to solve the
stress on the coral from local and global sources
pf pollution, we're told the Reef will disappear.

Already tour operators are worried about the future.
They know what losing the Reef would do to their
businesses and livelihoods. When the coral goes,
you won't have fish and without the fish and coral
you won't have the billion dollar tourism industry.

It's so sad. The Great Barrier Reef is not only a
magnificent source of marine life. It's a favourite
holiday destination, a powerful generator of jobs,
and one of the most prominent of our icons.
It's sheer size and complexity make it an essential
part of earth's biosphere.

It cannot and must not be taken for granted and the
problems ignored any longer.

Paul1405,
Not just 2018, huge sums have been provided & successfully wasted by these "experts".
Just a moment ago I listened to the CEO of GRMBPA who told the ABC reporter how they "do so much work to save the reef such as consulting with indigenous & other groups". When the reporter asked him what are they actually doing to combat the decline of the reef he didn't really know what to say & clearly stumbled through the interview.,
Blaming the Govt. is merely blaming them for what people are doing not what Govt. doesn't do !
The Govt. doesn't over fish, they don't go mad fishing, they don't throw rubbish into the water etc.
People do & it would not surprise me the least that the majority of them are Lefties. I have taken particular notice of the people on our boat ramps & yes, most do come across as red-neck Labor supporters by their rhetoric.
It's them who stuff up the environment, not Govt. How do people propose the Australian Govt. can put a stop to the outfall from the New Guinea Goldmines, or stop people in other countries to just dump their waste into the ocean currents to deposit it on our shores ? LGA runs every council in Qld so, they're responsible for the waste & pollution going directly into the GBR. ASk them how they propose to change their ways ?
I urge Australians to THINK for a change ! LGA runs every Council in QLD so, ask them how they propose to curb the outfall from their Councils into the GBR ?

China is most certainly in no way "reasonable", but it is RESPONSIBLE for its grey war against Australia, and stirring up trouble against us with the corrupt United Nations is part of that war on us. This has been ascertained by 'experts' that the Three Cranks don't know about because of their lack of reading skills and reliance on the mainstream media, their ABC, and Marxist propaganda.

There are other 'experts' on the GBR who tell us that the reef is fine. One of those scientists was so right that his Marxist-inspired university sacked him and is now before the courts for their dishonest political activism. They fudged the real reason for sacking him so that his job could not be legally restored.

When authorities start acting like Communist dictators against scientists who produce findings they don't like, we are in big trouble. We have to remember that the ill-informed, semi-literate ravings of a few hooligans on OLO do not represent most Australians.

individual,

We're told that:

Sir David Attenborough's first visit to the Reef was
in 1957. His attachment and fascination with the Reef
are hard to dismiss. However Sir David has said that the
Reef that he visited nearly 60 years ago is very different
from today.

There's more at:

http://www.theconversation.com/david-attenborough-says-the-great-barrier-reef-is-in-grave-danger-its-time-to-step-up-58204