Onus on Australia to take diplomatic lead in protecting Antarctica | Tim Stephens

Government needs to get on the front foot to ensure plans for Marine Protected Areas are not watered down by other partiesShortly before World Ocean Day, and a special UN meeting to address threats facing oceans, the US president, Donald Trump, announced that the country was walking away from the Paris agreement. Here in Australia, there was a welcome bipartisan commitment to stay the course, with Malcolm Turnbull defending Australia’s participation in this critically important environment