Labor vows to claw back Great Barrier Reef grant

Labor says it'll cut back funding to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation if it wins the next election.

The Great Barrier Reef is home to fish species of most colour denomination.

حكومة رئيس الوزراء السابق مالكولم تورنبول منحت احدى الجمعيات 444مليون دولار دون مناقصة للعناية بمنطقة الحاجز المرجاني العظيم Source: AAP

 

 

Labor says it'll cut back funding to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation if it wins the next election.

The Coalition has been criticised after it gave the foundation almost half a billion dollars [[$444 million]]  without a competitive tender process and without the foundation asking for it.

The government says the deal was done transparently and the foundation is a worthy recipient.

But Labor's environment spokesman Tony Burke says if the A-L-P is elected, it will change the policy so the foundation will be obliged to return any money that has not been spent.

He has told the A-B-C, withdrawing the grant is in the best interests of the public.

 


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