![]() "In the last five years, 80 per cent of the dumping has occurred in the 1 per cent of the world heritage area that is outside the marine park, yet Minister Hunt is excluding that very area from his ban," Senator Waters said.ĪBC Fact Check investigates. ![]() The Great Barrier Reef is at risk of being included on UNESCO's "List of World Heritage in Danger", and while Greens Senator for Queensland Larissa Waters welcomed the ban, she also raised concerns that it would only apply to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, rather than the entire world heritage area. Senator Waters's criticism is beside the point. The verdict: The Federal Government's ban does exclude the area where 80 per cent of the dumping occurred in the last five years, but the Queensland Government has agreed to cover that area with a similar ban.She wants the Government to cover the entire area. The claim: Queensland Greens Senator Larissa Waters says that 80 per cent of dredge spoil dumped in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area is in the 1 per cent of the listed area that is outside the coverage of a new ban on dumping proposed by the Federal Government.A recent move by the Federal Government to ban the disposal of dredge spoil near the Great Barrier Reef has been met with scepticism by environmental campaigners concerned for the health of the reef.
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