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Reef-Coloured Glasses

Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce are on 'Scomo's Reef-Coloured Glasses Tours' boat. Divers underneath point to dead coral. Big boats in the background emit black smoke.

Rising ocean temperatures due to global warming pose an existential threat to reef systems around the world. In June, a draft report released by UNESCO proposed listing the Great Barrier Reef as ‘World Heritage in Danger’. Strong, and ultimately successful, lobbying by the federal government against the listing included taking more than a dozen foreign ambassadors snorkelling on the reef.

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