Great Barrier Reef: Australia pledges $60m to halt decline

PM says government’s plan for the reef system will ‘protect it for decades to come’

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Australia’s government has approved a multi-million dollar package to restore some of the damage done to the Great Barrier Reef.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he hoped the AUS$60m (£34.5m) project for the world’s largest coral reef would “protect it for decades to come”.

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