The Great Barrier Reef is now under pressure - from fishing, from farming, from coastal development, from land-based pollution and simply from overuse.
Report on Conference organised by GBR Marine Park Authority giving traditional owners the opportunity to plan how they can manage turtle and dugong populations to ensure their numbers for the future. Video 3.28.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority are responsible for the management of the marine park using an ecosystem model. The management focuses on 12 broad areas including: coastal development, ports and shipping, etc
Father Frank Brennan SJ writes about the Australian people's and government's attitudes towards refugees and the need to work cooperatively with neighbouring countries.
Reasons for the World Heritage Committee decision to list the Great Barrier Reef.
Site includes links to State Party Report on state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef for 2013 and 2012.
An article from the Hindustan Times reporting that India has become the leading source of permanent migrants to Australia for the first time, ahead of China.
SBS news video duration 2 min 16 sec. Fiji's Foreign Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola has delivered a stinging attack on Australia's new asylum seeker policy, saying the 'PNG solution' is arrogant and inconsiderate.
David O'Shea travels to Indonesia to meet groups of asylum seekers who've already fled from Afghanistan, Iran and Myanmar and now want to make Australia home. Includes 16 minute video, transcript of the video and an interview with David O'Shea
The article provides information on the reasons why the number of asylum seekers arriving by boat or by plane in Australia flow and ebb in 2013. It states that the chances to turn back the trucks or the boats is almost impossible for a landlocked country having many entry points such as in Europe.