The Latest Breaking News from Great Barrier Reef

Australia has the wealth, technology and resources to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Until this happens, it is not doing all it can to protect the reef

Today is a good day to be Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. UNESCO, the United Nations body expected to vote on whether to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”, instead deferred the decision for another year. This, an insider told French newspaper Le Monde, was largely due to the…

The Bureau of Meteorology this week declared a 70% chance of an El Niño developing this year. This raises concern for the health of the Great Barrier Reef, which is under continuing threat from climate change.

Conservationists have applauded a commitment to phase out gill net fishing on the world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef.

The federal environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, announced the $160m plan on Monday afternoon

Rangers are continuing to battle what they believe is a suspicious fire in an area that is a crucial habitat for threatened species.

Tourism operators on the Great Barrier Reef's Great Keppel Island cautiously welcome news that the state government is taking back control.

A local living near the Great Barrier Reef has taken a series of photos showing the damaged carcasses of a range of sea creatures.

Bonds, insurance, fines or mandatory remediation are being considered as part of a plan to restore Great Barrier Reef islands smashed by cyclones and left abandoned