Report Card on Reef Protection - Our report card tracks the commitments made by the Australian and Queensland

Report Card on Reef Protection Our report card tracks the commitments made by the Australian and Queensland governments to protect the Great Barrier Reef and deliver 12 of the 22 critical recommendations by UNESCO and IUCN. [...] Reef’s OUV Require proposed The new Australian Government revoked the previous government’s and in-progress commitment to fund the construction of the proposed Hells Gate Dam dam developments and Urannah Dam in the Burdekin Basin. [...] the Great Barrier The Queensland and Australian Government’s have jointly funded a Reef (GBR) Regional Water Assessment for the Burdekin Basin to assess options to meet the region’s future water demands, which will include an assessment of potential impacts to the Reef from proposed water supply options. [...] This flags the fishing in the Reef removal of the majority of licences by the end of 2023 and new Net- and create Free Zones in place while remaining licences are phased out. [...] A Taskforce is set to provide advice to the Government regarding the implementation of the commitment to phase out gillnets; More detail is expected to be announced regarding independent monitoring while the fishery is phased out.