Great Barrier Reef authority approves dredging and dumping to expand port

Great Barrier Reef authority approves dredging and dumping to expand port

GREG HUNT , ABBOTT & CO & THE MARINE PARKS AUTHORITY WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE KILLERS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF



Greenpeace has previously said any dumping of spoil on the reef would be an "international embarrassment".

"We
wouldn't throw rubbish on world heritage sites like the Grand Canyon or
the Vatican City, so why would we dump on the reef?" said a
spokeswoman, Louise Matthiesson.

"Scientists are clear that the
potential impacts of dumping the dredge spoil so close to fringing reefs
and the WWII Catalina plane wreck are significant."

Great Barrier
Reef campaign director with the Australian Marine Conservation Society,
Felicity Wishart, said: “Most Australians will be shocked and angry at
this decision by the marine park authority and minister Hunt to allow
dumping of dredge spoil in reef waters.