Environment Minister Greg Hunt doesn’t usually come across as having a great sense of humour, but we thought he had to be pulling our leg with this tweet yesterday, that proclaimed “Under Labor, the Great Barrier Reef was on-track to be listed as ‘in danger’. It came off the ‘watch list’ under us.”
Under Labor, the Great Barrier Reef was on-track to be listed as ‘in danger’. It came off the ‘watch list’ under us. pic.twitter.com/p814Jti6fS
— Greg Hunt (@GregHuntMP) May 30, 2016
Just days after The Guardian revealed that the Australian government had intervened in a UN Report on “World Heritage Tourism in a Changing Climate” to remove a whole chapter on the Great Barrier Reef, as well as any other mentions of Australia. Maybe not quite the right time to be be bragging, Minister.
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Thank you, Ellen de Generis for your heart-felt comments on the Reef – and everyone else who does the same! Her comments on the reef have completely shut Hunt’s mouth, and given absolutely fabulous publicity to the whole scene.