What impact has that 'controversial' $443m investment made to the Great Barrier Reef?
In this episode, we speak with Anna Marsden, managing director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Back in 2018, Marsden\u2019s life changed overnight when she received news from then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull that the federal government was granting the foundation a record-breaking $443 million to help fortify the reef against the ravages of climate change.
It was a controversial decision \u2013 the foundation was then a relatively small Brisbane-based conservation organisation and Turnbull\u2019s political opponents labelled it a \u201ccaptain\u2019s call\u201d \u2013 but six years down the track, funding has been allocated for a host of coral-saving projects.
Marsden chats with\xa0Good Weekend\xa0senior writer Melissa Fyfe about what's been achieved to date, and the overall state of the reef following another bleaching event last summer, the fifth since 2016.
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