Government 'blindsided' by move to list Great Barrier Reef as 'in danger'

Environment Minister Sussan Ley says Australia has been "blindsided" by a draft recommendation to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger", suggesting the decision was politically motivated.The World Heritage Committee will consider the recommendation at a meeting in China next monthA marine expert says the government should not be surprised by the recommendation

Ms Ley described the decision as a "backflip" and said United Nations officials had assured the government the reef would not face this kind of recommendation before the July meeting."It is almost unheard of for a site to be added to the endangered list, or recommended … without the necessary consultation leading up to it.

"For us to be singled out in a way that completely distorts the normal process was something we were very strong about," she said. "When procedures are not followed, when the process is turned on its head five minutes before the draft decision is due to be published, when the assurances my officials received and indeed I did have been upended. What else can you conclude but that it is politics?The Environment Minister said there was no doubt climate change was one of, if not the, greatest threat to the reef, but argued the government was taking extensive action to mitigate that as much as possible.

Coral Reefs are self destructing!!! Why are Coral Reefs self destructing? Coral reefs grow within a certain light zone on the Continental Shelf in relatively shallow waters. Coral grows upwards toward the light. As it grows closer to the surface it dies and bleachers.

Funny how the people working in and on the reef clearly reports of the good conditions of this living environment. This includes the Scientific monitoring. So what to believe. Certainly not outsiders who probably has never been there?

Ssussan iss dumb ass dog 💩 poo.

Government should get its head out of the sand then.

Government is blind.

The Australian Government deserves to be singled out and ridiculed for its reluctance to do anything constructive about climate change and ongoing obsession with fossil fuels.

huh? the Great Barrier Reef got bleached in last 12 hours? no? it's been like than over a decade? that's not blindsided. that's bloodyincompetent 🤔

Lol, that's what happens when you've got your head up your arse....

If it's listed then there goes any possibility of oil exploration there?😏 Maybe this is why sussanley is having a meltdown

$444 million to appease UNESCO? And how's that going?

Utter bullship. They know, they don't care. psychopaths MorrisonGovernment propaganda

Bullshit. They’ve been Warned on this a Number of times Previously. They said they’d Do something...and Typically, DIDN’T! So here we are. NOT Blindsided...just shown to be NON-PERFORMERS & Liars!

Australian habitat is so dangerous even our coral reefs die

The real reason the $444m was gifted to the GBRF. auspol

Humanity is in danger as a whole. Shop is already set up on mars. So stupid you people

Another load of shit… jog on woke flogs

Blindsided... They fought tooth and nail to not have the GBR listed as in danger years ago. Have tried to discredit and ridicule all the science proving the GBR is in danger (Adani & bleaching events). They would be shocked that water is wet. auspol

Sussan Ley is a Liberal Party politician serving as Minister for the Environment and has a master's degrees in Taxation and Accountancy. She changed her name from Susan to Sussan after misunderstanding the spiritual practice of numerology. Her worth to the environment is null.

Too busy shagging their staffers to see what's going on right in front of them.

Government 'stupid' and 'out of touch'.

This move was set up by China in a cynical attempt to discredit us. China is assaulting Australia anyway they can.

The Morrison govt certainly isn't in a position to piously claim that something is 'a deviation from normal process' Not with a straight face, anyway

bullshit.

Thank God for that.

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