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FOI regime thwarts bid to expose Great Barrier Reef lobbying, researcher says

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Admin

Legal expert tried to shed light on Australia’s efforts to prevent reef being listed as ‘in danger’ by Unesco

A legal expert has slammed Australia’s freedom of information regime after spending two years and more than $1,000 trying to shed light on Australia’s enormous lobbying effort to prevent the Great Barrier Reef from being listed as “in danger”.

In 2014-15, Australian government officials spent more than $100,000 visiting and lobbying members of Unesco’s world heritage committee to keep the Great Barrier Reef off the “in danger” list.

Former Liberal adviser appointed head of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Admin

Josh Thomas, who worked with three Liberal environment ministers, will get an annual salary of $353,180

A former policy adviser to multiple Liberal party environment ministers has been appointed the new chief executive of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the government body responsible for managing the reef.

Josh Thomas, who worked as an adviser to current minister Melissa Price, as well as former environment ministers Josh Frydenberg and Greg Hunt, will start a five-year term in the role on 18 March with an annual salary of $353,180.