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Queensland Government buys $7m cattle station in 'unprecedented' protection bid
2016-06-22 05:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Great Barrier Reef: Queensland Government buys $7m cattle station in 'unprecedented' protection bid The Queensland Government has bought a massive Cape York cattle station in a bid to stem hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sediment pollution flowing into the Great Barrier Reef every year. Key points: The cattle station cost taxpayers $7 million Environment groups say the purchase is unprecedented It is hoped reducing sediment will help the reef recover from bleaching Environment...
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