Doorstop Cairns

E&OE…. Topics: Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching, Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, election timing, tax cuts GREG HUNT: I’m very pleased to be here in Cairns with the head of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Dr Russell Reichelt. Because of the Pacific-wide issue relating to an El Nino, we have been inspecting in…

Monitoring mission report on the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area endorses Australia’s management efforts

The Australian and Tasmanian Governments welcome the report of the World Heritage monitoring mission to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and we accept all the recommendations. The report was prepared by experts representing the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) who visited the…