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Danger, Reef Ahead!

Reply to response from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett AM MP concerning water quality and fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, 4 November 2009.

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The Good New and the Bad News

The GBR remains pristine but resource mismanagement threatens the nation. Key points regarding purported threats to the Great Barrier Reef, 12 May 2009.

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Little Green Lies

Media release in response to claims of a dramatic increase in coral trout numbers on protected reefs, 18 September 2006.

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Exposing Environmental Myths About The Great Barrier Reef

National Observer No. 69, Winter 2006 - originally presented as a keynote address to the Queensland state meeting of the National Civic Council in Brisbane, 23 July 2006. Combines information from Fishy Claims and Status of Aust. Fisheries above.

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Threats to the Great Barrier Reef

Institute of Public Affairs, Backgrounder May 2005, Vol. 17/1 - shortened versions in Go Fishing magazine Aug/Sept 2005 and News Weekly 18 June 2006.

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Barrier Reef Blunderland

‘Blunderland’ is local slang for GBRMPA's chronically poorly attended Reef Wonderland aquarium. Unpublished MS, July 2003.

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