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Australian Notes

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5 February 2022

9:00 AM

5 February 2022

9:00 AM

Selling the dying Great Barrier Reef

With the recent A$1billion announced to save the ‘dying’ Great Barrier Reef, I wonder how many realise there has been an increase in the amount of coral dug-up and sold overseas as part of the aquarium trade – the quota is now 200 tonnes each year.

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