October 2008

Six Degrees have accused the Queensland Bligh Government of blatant hypocrisy in its participation in the ‘Reefocus Summit’ this Friday and its supposed commitment to saving the reef. While the joint Australian and Queensland Government’s Great Barrier Reef summit aims to ensure, protect and conserve the reef ecosystem, Friends of the Earth maintain that the greater threat to the reef comes from climate change linked to the continued support and expansion of the coal industry by the Bligh Government.