Summary of proposal
Party
Australian Labor Party
Policy Topic
Environment
Portfolio
Environment and Energy

This proposal would return to the Commonwealth Government all uncommitted funding, as at 1 July 2019, from the $443.4 million grant provided to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (the Foundation) in 2017‐18.  Funds would be returned in 2019‐20 and would include interest earned on the grant.  The funds would be spent on the Reef evenly over five years starting in 2019‐20.  Advice would be sought from the Department of the Environment and Energy about how to allocate the funds to government agencies and other organisations.