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Have to agree with almost all of the comments here.
The dredging sludge is 80% sand, then 20% other stuff, which may or may not be harmful to the reef near where it will be dumped, which is quite a long way from any coral reef, there is a small risk to the local reef environment. IMHO a small risk is more than what is acceptable WRT the GBR, this should be protected, absolutely, particularly when there is a viable alternative. There was a bloke interviewed on the news who was disappointed as he could use the sludge for some money making venture, but the decision was made.
This federal Govt is what some of us warned you it would be like, except possibly worse, they've been in power for about six months and have already stuffed up education, the environment, national parks, science research, amongst others. Next on the list is health, $8 to see your GP when you're already paying through Medicare and in most cases private health insurance is the thin edge of the wedge. I'm only going to touch on the fact that you can't find out what is actually going on with various aspects of the "stop the boats" policy either because they simply aren't releasing any information or, now, smothering the only real chance for us to find out, the ABC. Not saying whether the policy is right or wrong, just that we don't know what is being done in OUR name, with OUR military. As some of you know I work closely with the military, and using the excuse that the information is operationally sensitive is using the military as a smokescreen for what usually is a Government FU (does anyone remember the "people overboard").
Cheers
Stuart
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