14-03-2018 01:23 via theguardian.com

Cape York property with tree-clearing plans given part of $4m reef funding

Conservationists say proposal would make sediment problems on the reef – which funding is designed to prevent – much worse
A property in Queensland with one of the biggest tree-clearing proposals in Australia, and which is specifically identified by experts as a risk to Great Barrier Reef water quality, is one of the beneficiaries of a $4m federal government reef water quality program.Australian Conservation Foundation campaigner Andrew Picone said that it showed the federal governme
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