A new report out today by The Australia Institute shows that the Newman Government has already spent almost $2 billion of Queensland taxpayers’ money on the existing Abbot Point coal port.

 The Australian Greens congratulate the Mackay Conservation Group for standing up for our Great Barrier Reef and climate by challenging the Abbott Government’s approval of Adani’s Carmichael coal mine in court.

Australian Greens leader Senator Christine Milne reinforced the connection between Campbell Newman and Tony Abbott in the eyes of the electorate, while in Brisbane today.   

The Abbott Government’s taskforce of diplomats, revealed today, set up to lobby other countries over the threat of an ‘In Danger’ listing for the Great Barrier Reef, is not what the Reef needs.

To save the Great Barrier Reef from an ‘In Danger’ listing, the Abbott Government needs to follow the World Heritage Committee’s recommendations, instead of telling other countries to back off, as reported today.

The Abbott Government should listen to international concern about the Great Barrier Reef instead of denying it is under threat, say the Australian Greens.

"The Abbott Government obviously has its head in the dredge spoil on climate change and especially its impacts on the Great Barrier Reef," Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Greens environment spokesperson, said.

"President Obama joins the World Heritage Committee, scientific experts, the tourism industry and the community in pointing out that actually the Reef is under threat.

The Australian Greens today questioned Future Fund Chair Peter Costello about fossil fuel divestment in Senate Estimates

"I established today in Senate Estimates that the Future Fund does not have a consistent method for assessing risk of carbon exposure," Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Greens environment spokesperson, said

"Whether or not to even consider the risk of carbon exposure, or how to measure it, isn't decided by central management or the board.