Now, entire
swathes of the
Great Barrier Reef are suffering from «complete ecosystem collapse,» marine researcher Justin Marshall said after
spending a week conducting surveys near Lizard Island in the northern region of the reef.
Mundine's main messages to the conference were around the coming Federal Budget, saying he was aiming to convince the government not to make any overall cuts to Indigenous
spending in return for significant savings to come from an «infrastructure audit» and in cutting a
swathe through red tape which he says is the «
greatest challenge» to Indigenous health policy and services.