Coffs Coast Advocate

Rare footage captures coral spawning six months early

An underwater photographer has captured rare footage of coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef, six months earlier than...

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18th June 2019 6:06 AM

Calls for clearer message on state of the Reef

A confused marketing merry-go-round has put tourism promotion on an ill-fated collision course with a global doom...

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13th June 2019 7:06 AM

Qld doubles down on shark control measures on reef

The court fight State Government faces to maintain Great Barrier Reef shark control measures

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11th June 2019 12:06 AM

A sub-adult bottle nose dolphin was killed when it became entangled in shark nets off Noosa's Main Beach.

Message in a milk bottle: Turning trash into treasure

Community comes together to turn trash into environmental art for major festival

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10th June 2019 6:06 PM

Great Barrier Reef Festival chairwoman Margie Murphy, left, artist David Day, Eco Barge Clean Seas workers Libby Edge and Fiona Broadbent, and Great Barrier Reef Festival's worker Anita Pender show off their personalised milk bottle fish.

GLOBAL EXPOSURE: How scUber helped Heron Island

'The sustainable protection of the Great Barrier Reef is of global importance'

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04th June 2019 2:06 PM

LAUNCH SUCCESS: Tourism Minister Kate Jones with Uber regional general manager Susan Anderson and chief pilot of ScUber Erika Bergman at the launch of ScUber.

Snorkeller drowns on Great Barrier Reef

A man has drowned while snorkelling off the western beach of a famous eco-tourism island on the Great Barrier Reef. A...

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04th June 2019 5:06 AM

FILE picture: Snorkelling with Turtles on Lady Elliot Island. Picture: Tourism and Events Queensland

Farmers work to reduce impact on Reef

Farmers to ensure water quality near Myrtle Creek is maintained through results of recent testing.

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02nd June 2019 5:06 AM

CRYSTAL CLEAR: Results of the first tests of the Myrtle Creek water quality project findings were presented to farmers on May 14, by Sugar Research Australia - Proserpine adoption officer Molly O'Dea.

Jobs alone no excuse for environmental destruction

Vision-less battle for votes pushes consideration for the future out of sight

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01st June 2019 12:06 AM

The push to approve the Adani mine by politician chasing votes through jobs ignores environmental costs that will be left for the future to pay.

Agronomist says reef law risks farm productivity

More testing is needed to ensure that farms will not be affected long-term by the reef measurement laws, says an...

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29th May 2019 2:05 PM

BALANCING ACT: An aerial view looking towards the mouth of the Elliott Rivers Island and the town of Elliott Heads. Canegrowers agronomist Matthew Leighton has questioned whether the government's reef protection measures will hurt farming in the region.

Bundy farmers appeal directly to Premier to pause reef laws

Bundaberg Canegowers has emailed the Premier seeking independent scientific studies into Burnett Mary catchment's effect on...

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29th May 2019 5:05 AM

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