Chapter 1 - Introduction
[1] Journals of the Senate,
No. 99, 19 June 2018, p. 3186.
[2] Journals of the Senate,
No. 102, 25 June 2018, p. 3271.
[3] Journals of the Senate,
No. 106, 13 August 2018, p. 3423.
[4] Journals of the Senate,
No. 102, 15 October 2018, p. 3895.
[5] Journals of the Senate,
No. 135, 4 December 2018, p. 4394.
[6] The committee's site can
be found at www.aph.gov.au/senate_ec.
[7] Mr Tony Burke MP, 'FOI
reveals more confusion on the government's Great Barrier Reef cash splash', Media
Release, 21 June 2018, www.tonyburke.com.au/media-releases/2018/6/21/media-release-foi-reveals-more-confusion-on-the-governments-great-barrier-reef-cash-splash (accessed 8 November 2018).
[8] See Department of
Industry, Innovation and Science, 'Freedom of information disclosure log 2018',
www.industry.gov.au/freedom-of-information-disclosure-log-2018 (accessed 10 November
2018).
[9] Journals of the
Senate, No. 100, 20 June 2018, p. 3216.
[10] Journals of the Senate, No.
106, 13 August 2018, p. 3391.
[11] Journals of the Senate,
No. 108, 15 August 2018, p. 3475.
[12] This letter was read into
Hansard by Senator the Hon Michaela Cash on 22 August 2018. See Journals of
the Senate, No. 112, 22 August 2018, p. 3584. See also Senate Hansard,
22 August 2018, p. 5550.
[13] Journals of the Senate, No.
112, 22 August 2018, p. 3584.
[14] Journals of the Senate, No.
111, 21 August 2018, p. 3566.
[15] Journals of the Senate, No.
118, 17 September 2018, p. 3769.
[16] Senate Hansard, 17
September 2018, p. 58.
[17] Journals of the Senate, No.
121, 20 September 2018, p. 3863.
[18]
The Hon Malcolm
Turnbull, Answers to written questions taken on notice (received
1 October 2018).
[19] Correspondence to the Hon
Malcolm Turnbull, 6 December 2018.
[20] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull
MP, Prime Minister; The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Finance; The Hon Josh
Frydenberg MP, Minister for the Environment and Energy;
The Hon Melissa Price MP, Assistant Minister for the Environment,
'Record investment in the Great Barrier Reef to drive jobs', Joint Media Release,
29 April 2018.
[21] See chapter 2 for more
detail on the Reef 2050 Plan.
[22] Note: rounded up to $444
million in this report except in this chapter, below, when discussing the
announcement of the Partnership and specific figures in the 2018–19
Commonwealth Budget.
[23] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP
et al, 'Record investment in the Great Barrier Reef to drive jobs', Joint Media
Release, 29 April 2018.
[24] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP
et al, 'Record investment in the Great Barrier Reef to drive jobs', Joint Media
Release, 29 April 2018.
[25] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP
et al, 'Record investment in the Great Barrier Reef to drive jobs', Joint Media
Release, 29 April 2018.
[26] Commonwealth Budget
2018–19, Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2018–19,
8 May 2018, p. 98.
[27] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates
Statements 2017–18: Environment and Energy Portfolio, May 2018, p. 2; Portfolio
Budget Statements 2018–19: Budget Related Paper No. 1.6—Environment and Energy
Portfolio, May 2018, pp. 28 and 239.
[28] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, p. 3.
[29] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, p. 3.
[30] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, p. 3.
[31] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, p. 4.
[32] Department of the
Environment and Energy, 'About the updated Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability
Plan', www.environment.gov.au/marine/gbr/publications/reef-2050-long-term-sustainability-plan-2018 (accessed
8 November 2018).
[33] Commonwealth of Australia, Reef
2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan, 2015, p. 33.
[34] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, p. 6.
[35] Department of the Environment
and Energy, 'The Reef Trust', www.environment.gov.au/
marine/gbr/publications/reef-trust-factsheet (accessed 8 October 2018).
[36] Department of the
Environment and Energy, 'Reef Trust–Frequently asked questions', www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/e40fbc03.../reef-trust-faqs.pdf (accessed 8 November 2018).
[37] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, p. 7.
[38] Department of Environment
and Energy, 'Reef Trust–Frequently asked questions', www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/e40fbc03.../reef-trust-faqs.pdf (accessed 8 November 2018).
[39] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, p. 7.
[40] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, pp. 7–8.
[41] GBRMPA, 'About us', www.gbrmpa.gov.au/about-us/about-us (accessed 8 November 2018).
[42] AIMS, 'About AIMS', www.aims.gov.au/docs/about/about.html (accessed 8 November 2018).
[43] AIMS, 'About AIMS', www.aims.gov.au/docs/about/about.html (accessed 8 November 2018).
[44] CSIRO, ' The Great Barrier
Reef–looking towards 2050 and beyond', www.csiro.au/
en/Showcase/Great-Barrier-Reef
(accessed 8 November 2018).
[45] Note, a number of other
partner organisations are participating in a series of sub-projects of the
RRAP, which are all listed at RRAP, 'About us', www.gbrrestoration.org/about-us (accessed 8 November 2018).
[46] RRAP, 'The Reef Restoration
and Adaptation Program', www.gbrrestoration.org/the-program (accessed 8 November 2018).
[47] RRAP, 'The Reef Restoration
and Adaptation Program', www.gbrrestoration.org/the-program (accessed 8 November 2018).
[48] GBRMPA, 'Queensland
government agencies', www.gbrmpa.gov.au/our-partners/queensland-government-agencies (accessed 8 November 2018).
[49]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister, Senator the Hon Michaelia
Cash, Minister for Jobs and Innovation, and the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP,
Minister for the Environment and Energy, 'Investing in the Future of Our Great
Barrier Reef', Joint Media Release, 22 January 2018, p. 1.
[50]
See Australian
National Audit Office, 'Design of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation
partnership: Potential audit 2018–19', www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/design-great-barrier-reef-foundation-partnership
(accessed 15 November 2018).
[51]
Correspondence from Mr
Finn Pratt AO PSM, Secretary of the Department of the Environment and Energy,
to Mr Grant Hehir, Auditor-General, 13 August 2018, www.environment.gov.au/
system/files/news/5476deb7-07d6-4674-ad59-781561a1945e/files/secretarys-letter-national-audit-office.pdf (accessed 19 November 2018).
[52] Correspondence from Mr Finn
Pratt AO PSM, Secretary of the Department of the Environment and Energy, to Mr
Grant Hehir, Auditor-General, 13 August 2018, www.environment.gov.au/
system/files/news/5476deb7-07d6-4674-ad59-781561a1945e/files/secretarys-letter-national-audit-office.pdf (accessed 19 November 2018).
[53] Correspondence from Mr
Grant Hehir, Auditor General, Australian National Audit Office, received 24
August 2018 pp. 1–2.
[54] Australian National Audit
Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation,
Report 22 of 2018–19 (16 January 2019), www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/award-4433-million-grant-great-barrier-reef-foundation (accessed 22 January 2019).
[55] Correspondence from Mr
Grant Hehir, Auditor-General, Australian National Audit Office, received 24
August 2018, p. 1.
Chapter 2 - The Great Barrier Reef Foundation and the $444 million Foundation Partnership
[1] Great
Barrier Reef Foundation, 'Championing real solutions to the threats facing
Australia's great natural wonder and coral reefs globally', www.barrierreef.org/the-foundation (accessed 11 October 2018).
[2] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, 'Championing real solutions to the threats facing Australia's great
natural wonder and coral reefs globally', www.barrierreef.org/the-foundation (accessed 11 October 2018).
[3] Ms Anna Marsden,
Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 57.
[4] Ms Anna Marsden, Managing
Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, correspondence received 1 August
2018, p. 1.
[5] A list of the board
members can be found at www.barrierreef.org/the-foundation/our-governance (accessed 25 October 2018).
[6] Dr Schubert is also the
Chairman of Garvan Institute of Medical Research. See www.barrierreef.org/the-foundation/our-governance/john-m-schubert-ao (accessed
21 October 2018). Note: Dr Schubert stated that he is not a relation
of the founder of the Foundation, Sir Sydney Schubert. See Committee
Hansard, 18 September
2018, p. 35.
[7] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC), www.barrierreef.org/the-foundation/our-governance/isac (accessed 6 November 2018).
[8] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, Chairman's Panel, www.barrierreef.org/our-partners/chairmans-panel (accessed 6 November 2018).
[9] Ms Anna Marsden, Managing
Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 42.
[10] Services received by the
Foundation on a pro bono basis include accounting, auditing, legal,
advertising, branding, consulting, accommodating, creative, web design and IT
services. Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Annual report for the year
ended 31 December 2017, p. 2.
[11]
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Answers to questions taken on notice,
public hearing, Canberra, 18 September 2018 (received 4 October 2018), p.
3; Answers to questions taken on notice, public hearing, Brisbane, 30 July
2018 (received 9 August 2018), p. 2.
[12] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, Partnership Management Committee, www.barrierreef.org/
latest/news/expert-committee-to-oversee-reef-partnership (accessed 26 November 2018).
[13]
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Annual report for the year ended 31
December 2017, pp. 1, 2 and 10.
[14] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, 'Media Statement–Fundraising' Media Release,
16 August 2018, www.barrierreef.org/latest/news/media-statement-fundraising-breakdown (accessed 25 October 2018). The
Foundation provided a breakdown of fundraising that indicated 64 per cent came
from corporate or private philanthropy, 32 per cent from Government funding,
and the remainder from other sources. See Great Barrier Reef Foundation,
Answers to questions taken on notice, public hearing, Brisbane, 30 July 2018
(received 9 August 2018)
p. 2.
[15] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, Answers to questions taken on notice, public hearing, Brisbane,
30 July 2018 (received 9 August 2018),
p. 2.
[16] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, Supplementary Submission,
pp. 5–6.
[17] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, Answers to questions taken on notice, public hearing, Brisbane,
30 July 2018 (received 9 August 2018),
p. 1.
[18] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, Submission 1, p. 5; Commonwealth Government, 'Great Barrier
Reef Partnerships for the future', www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/0e17f346-a19f-411d-8a60-59bd2b0fee27/files/reef-partnerships-future-new.pdf (accessed 21 June 2018), p. 4.
[19] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2017, p. 1.
[20] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2017, p. 1.
[21]
Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2017, p. 1.
[22] Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Document 3, p. 1.
[23] Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Document 3, p. 2.
[24] Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Document 3, p. 2.
[25] Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Document 3, p. 4.
[26] Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Document 3, Attachments A–C.
[27] Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Document 3, Attachment D, p. 1.
[28]
Australian Coral Reef Society, Submission 6, p. 2.
[29]
Cape York Regional Organisations,
Submission 16, p. 2.
[30]
For example, see: Australian Academy of Sciences, Submission 14, p.
4; AgForce Queensland Farmers Limited, Submission 15, p. 1; and Tourism
Tropical North Queensland, Submission 20, p. 2.
[31]
Department of the Environment and Energy, Submission 7,
Supplementary Submission Attachment B (Information statement regarding the
assessment and awarding of the Reef Trust Grant to the Great Barrier Reef
Foundation), p. 2.
[32] Ms Anna Marsden,
Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 40.
[33] Peter Hannam, 'Like winning
lotto': Reef Foundation minnow braces for $444m windfall', Sydney Morning
Herald, 13 May 2018, www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/like-winning-lotto-reef-foundation-minnow-braces-for-444m-windfall-20180511-p4zeud.html (accessed 13 November 2018).
[34] Ms Anna Marsden,
Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 49.
[35] Mr Finn Pratt AO
PSM, Secretary, Department of the Environment and Energy, Committee Hansard,
21 September 2018, p.
62.
[36] Mr Finn Pratt AO PSM, Secretary, Department of the
Environment and Energy, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 61.
[37] See Mr Stephen Oxley, First
Assistant Secretary, Heritage, Reef and Marine Division, Department of the
Environment and Energy, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 64. For the
supply of these Collaboration Principles to the Foundation on 22 April, see:
the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, Minister for the Environment and Energy, House
of Representatives Hansard, 13 August 2018, p. 6981; and Mr Finn Pratt
AO PSM, Secretary,
Department of the Environment and Energy, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018,
p. 61.
[38] The Hon Josh Frydenberg
MP, Minister for the Environment and Energy, House of Representatives
Hansard, 13 August 2018, p. 6981.
[39] Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Document 17b, p. 1.
[40] The basic breakdown of the
$444 million total grant is the same as announced on 20 April. The
collaboration principles prefigure much of the terms of the Partnership
Agreement itself, which is discussed later in this report.
[41]
Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Document 17b, Attachment A, p. 1.
[42] Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Document 17b, Attachment A, p. 1.
[43] The
Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, Minister for the Environment and Energy, House
of Representatives Hansard, 13 August 2018, p. 6981.
[44] Ms Anna Marsden,
Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 40.
[45] Department of the Environment and Energy,
Submission 7, Supplementary Submission Attachment B (Information statement regarding the
assessment and awarding of the Reef Trust Grant to the Great Barrier Reef
Foundation), p. 3.
[46] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission
7, Supplementary
Submission Attachment B (Information statement regarding the assessment and
awarding of the Reef Trust Grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation), p. 4.
[47] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission
7, Supplementary
Submission Attachment B (Information statement regarding the assessment and
awarding of the Reef Trust Grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation), p. 4.
[48]
See www.environment.gov.au/marine/gbr/publications/grant-agreement-between-reef-trust-and-great-barrier-reef-foundation
(accessed 15 October 2018).
[49] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', p. 1. This
is available at: www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/4322207b-af9c-488f-b6bd-89dbf4af8302/files/reef-trust-gbr-foundation-grant-agreement-overview.pdf (accessed 8 November 2018).
[50] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', p. 2.
[51]
'Overview: Grant
Agreement between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation',
p. 2.
[52]
'Overview: Grant
Agreement between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation',
p. 2.
[53] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', p. 2.
[54]
'Overview: Grant
Agreement between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation',
p. 2.
[55] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', p. 3.
[56] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', p. 3.
[57]
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, 'Reef Trust Plans and Strategies', www.barrierreef.org/science-with-impact/reef-partnership/reef-trust-partnership-plans-and-strategies
(accessed 24 January 2018).
[58] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', p. 3.
[59] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', p. 3.
[60] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', p. 3.
[61] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', pp. 3–4.
[62]
Grant Agreement between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, p. 43.
[63]
Grant Agreement between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, pp. 44–45 and 47–49.
[64]
Grant Agreement between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, p. 43–44.
[65]
Department of the Environment and Energy, Submission 7, Supplementary Submission Attachment
B (Information statement regarding the assessment and awarding of the Reef
Trust Grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation), p. 4.
[66] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', p. 2.
[67] Ms Anna Marsden,
Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 19.
[68] Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, Answers to questions taken on notice, public hearing, Brisbane,
30 July 2018 (received 9 August 2018)
p. 1.
[69]
Ms Anna Marsden, Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee
Hansard¸ 18 September 2018, p. 19.
[70]
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Answers to questions taken on notice,
public hearing, Canberra, 18 September 2018 (received 4 October 2018), p. 1.
[71]
Ms Anna Marsden, Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee
Hansard¸ 18 September 2018, p. 19. See also, Great
Barrier Reef Foundation, 'Activity Gantt Chart 2018/19', p. 6.
[72]
Ms Anna Marsden, Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee
Hansard¸ 18 September 2018, p. 19.
[73]
Ms Anna Marsden, Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee
Hansard¸ 18 September 2018, p. 19.
[74]
Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, ' Reef Trust Partnership opens first water quality grants', Media Release, 13 November 2018, www.barrierreef.org/latest/news/reef-trust-partnership-opens-first-water-quality-grants
(accessed 23 January 2019).
[75] Great Barrier Reef Foundation, 'Reef
Trust Partnership: Reef protection through Traditional Owners', Media Release, 10 January 2019, www.barrierreef.org/latest/news/reef-trust-partnership-reef-protection-through-traditional-owners
(accessed 23 January 2019).
[76] Great Barrier Reef Foundation, 'First
Reef Trust Partnership funded project underway' Media Release¸ 21
January 2019, www.barrierreef.org/latest/news/first-reef-trust-partnership-funded-project-underway
(accessed 23 January 2019).
[77]
See, for example, 'Sector Suspicious Over Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s
First Project', https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2019/01/sector-suspicious-great-barrier-reef-foundations-first-project/
(accessed 23 January 2019).
[78] Great Barrier Reef Foundation,
'$700,000 in community grants to support citizen science Reef monitoring',
Media Release, 19 December 2018, www.barrierreef.org/latest/news/700-000-in-community-grants-to-support-citizen-science-reef-monitoring
(accessed 23 January 2019).
[79]
Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, 'Community Reef Protection Grants: Stage 1: Reef Citizen Science',
no date, www.barrierreef.org/science-with-impact/reef-partnership/community-grants-stage-1-reef-citizen-science-grant-program (accessed
23 January 2019).
[80] Great Barrier Reef Foundation,
'$700,000 in community grants to support citizen science Reef monitoring',
Media Release, 19 December 2018, www.barrierreef.org/latest/news/700-000-in-community-grants-to-support-citizen-science-reef-monitoring
(accessed 23 January 2019).
[81]
Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, 'Community Reef Protection Grants: Stage 1: Reef Citizen Science',
no date, www.barrierreef.org/science-with-impact/reef-partnership/community-grants-stage-1-reef-citizen-science-grant-program (accessed
23 January 2019).
Chapter 3 - The decision to fund the Foundation Partnership
[1] The announcement made on
22 January 2018 is outlined in the previous chapter. See also Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, Supplementary Submission
Attachment B (Information statement regarding the assessment and awarding of
the Reef Trust Grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation), p. 1.
[2] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull,
Answers to written questions taken on notice (received
1 October 2018), p. 1.
[3] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull,
Answers to written questions taken on notice (received 1 October 2018),
p. 1.
[4] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull,
Answers to written questions taken on notice (received
1 October 2018), p. 1.
[5] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull,
Answers to written questions taken on notice (received
1 October 2018), p. 1.
[6] The
Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, Minister for the Environment and Energy, House
of Representatives Hansard, 13 August 2018, p. 6981.
[7] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, Supplementary Submission, p. 6.
[8] See Mr Finn Pratt AO PSM,
Secretary, Department of the Environment and Energy, Committee Hansard,
21 September 2018, p. 67; Mr David Fredericks, Deputy Secretary, Budget and
Financial Reporting, Department of Finance, Committee Hansard, 21
September 2018,
pp. 38–39; and Ms Meghan Quinn, Deputy Secretary, Treasury, Committee
Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 54
[9] Ms Meghan Quinn, Deputy
Secretary, Treasury, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018,
p. 52.
[10] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull
MP, Prime Minister; The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Finance; The Hon Josh
Frydenberg MP, Minister for the Environment and Energy;
The Hon Melissa Price MP, Assistant Minister for the Environment,
'Record investment in the Great Barrier Reef to drive jobs', Joint Media Release,
29 April 2018.
[11] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, Answers
to written questions taken on notice (received 1 October 2018),
p. 1.
[12] Senator the Hon Simon
Birmingham, Minister for Education and Training, Senate Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee Hansard, Budget Estimates
2018–19, 21 May 2018, p. 32.
[13] Mr Dean Knudson, Deputy
Secretary, Environment Protection Group, Department of the Environment and
Energy, Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Hansard,
Budget Estimates 2018–19, 21 May 2018, pp. 31 and 56.
[14] Department of the Environment
and Energy, Submission 7, Supplementary Submission Attachment B
(Information statement regarding the assessment and awarding of the Reef Trust
Grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation), p. 2.
[15] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Reef Trust–Great Barrier Reef Foundation Partnership
Grant Guidelines, 2018, www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/7d29a273-1e90-4cdf-ae7b-5bb7fb8745dd/files/reef-trust-gbrf-partnership-grant-guidelines.pdf (accessed 21 June 2018), p. 5.
[16] Ms Anna Marsden, Managing
Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard, 30 July
2018, pp. 39–40.
[17] For example, see Ms Meghan
Quinn, Deputy Secretary, Treasury, Committee Hansard, 21 September
2018, p. 54; and Mr David Fredericks, Deputy Secretary, Budget and
Financial Reporting, Department of Finance, Committee Hansard, 21
September 2018, p. 38.
[18] Queensland Government, Submission
9, p. 1.
[19]
Dr Russell Reichelt,
Chairman, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Senate Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee Hansard, Budget Estimates
2018–19, 21 May 2018, p. 51.
[20] Dr Russell Reichelt,
Chairman, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 26.
[21] After the Foundation was
approached by the Government to discuss the policy, Dr Reichelt recused himself
from Foundation Board's consideration of the matter. Dr Russell Reichelt,
Chairman, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Senate Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee Hansard, Budget Estimates
2018–19, 21 May 2018, pp. 53–54.
[22] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, Supplementary Submission
Attachment B (Information statement regarding the assessment and awarding of
the Reef Trust Grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation), p. 1.
[23] See, for example: The Hon
Tony Burke MP, 'FOI reveals more confusion on the government's Great Barrier
Reef Cash Splash', Media Release, www.tonyburke.com.au/media-releases/2018/6/21/media-release-foi-reveals-more-confusion-on-the-governments-great-barrier-reef-cash-splash (accessed 26 November 2018).
[24] Dr Larry Marshall, Chief
Executive, CSIRO, Senate Economics Legislation Committee Hansard, Budget
Estimates 2018–19, 31 May 2018, p. 169.
[25] CSIRO, Documents Produced
pursuant to the Senate Order agreed on 20 June 2018 (notice of motion
no. 857), Document 1.
[26] CSIRO, Documents Produced
pursuant to the Senate Order agreed on 20 June 2018 (notice of motion
no. 857), Document 9, p. 1.
[27] CSIRO, Documents Produced
pursuant to the Senate Order agreed on 20 June 2018 (notice of motion
no. 857), Document 10, p.
1.
[28] CSIRO, Documents Produced
pursuant to the Senate Order agreed on 20 June 2018 (notice of motion
no. 857), Document 12, p.
1.
[29] Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Documents 19, p. 1 and 22.
[30] See evidence given by Mr
David Mead, Executive Director Strategy and Development, Australian Institute
of Marine Science and Dr Paul Hardisty, Chief Executive Officer, Australian
Institute of Marine Science, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018, pp.
29 and 30 respectively.
[31] Australian Institute of
Marine Science, Documents Produced pursuant to the Senate Order agreed on 15
August 2018 (notice of motion no. 954), Document 3, p. 1.
[32] Australian Institute of
Marine Science, Documents Produced pursuant to the Senate Order agreed on 15
August 2018 (notice of motion no. 954), Document 56, p. 2.
[33] Mr Dean Knudson, Deputy
Secretary, Environment Protection Group, Department of the Environment and
Energy, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 62. See also
Mr Finn Pratt AO PSM, Secretary, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 61.
[34] Mr Finn Pratt AO PSM,
Secretary, Department of the Environment and Energy, Committee Hansard, 21 September
2018, p. 65.
[35] Mr Finn Pratt AO PSM,
Secretary, Department of the Environment and Energy, Committee Hansard,
21 September 2018, p. 61.
[36] Mr Stephen Oxley, First
Assistant Secretary, Heritage, Reef and Marine Division, Department of the
Environment and Energy, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 63.
[37] Ms Anna Marsden, Managing
Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard,
18 September 2018, p. 14.
[38] Mr Stephen Oxley, First
Assistant Secretary, Heritage, Reef and Marine Division, Department of the
Environment and Energy, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 63.
[39] Ms Anna Marsden, Managing
Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard, 18 September
2018, p. 14.
[40] Mr Dean Knudson, Deputy
Secretary, Environment Protection Group, Department of the Environment and
Energy, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 64.
[41] Mr Finn Pratt, Secretary,
Department of the Environment and Energy, Committee Hansard, 21 September
2018, pp. 61–62.
[42] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Documents Produced pursuant to the Senate Order agreed
on 21 August 2018 (notice of motion no. 978), Cover Letter from the Hon. Simon Birmingham,
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, p. 1.
[43] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Documents Produced pursuant to the Senate Order agreed
on 21 August 2018 (notice of motion no. 978), Attachment A2 (Compliance Table), p. 1.
[44] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Documents Produced pursuant to the Senate Order agreed
on 21 August 2018 (notice of motion no. 978), Attachment A3 (Proposal Evaluation), p. 1.
[45] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Documents Produced pursuant to the Senate Order agreed
on 21 August 2018 (notice of motion no. 978), Attachment A3 (Proposal Evaluation), pp. 1, 3, 5,
7, 11 and 19–20.
[46] Department of the
Environment and Energy, Documents Produced pursuant to the Senate Order agreed
on 21 August 2018 (notice of motion no. 978), Attachment A3 (Proposal Evaluation), p. 10.
[47] Dr Stein Helgeby, Deputy
Secretary, Governance and APS Transformation, Department of Finance, Committee
Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 39.
[48] Grant Agreement Between the
Reef Trust and Great Barrier Reef Foundation, www.environment.gov.au/marine/gbr/publications/grant-agreement-between-reef-trust-and-great-barrier-reef-foundation (accessed 9 November 2018).
[49]
Mr Dean Knudson,
Deputy Secretary, Environment Protection Group, Department of the Environment
and Energy, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 62.
[50] Mr Dean Knudson, Deputy
Secretary, Environment Protection Group, Department of the Environment and
Energy, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 62.
[51] Mr Dean Knudson, Deputy
Secretary, Environment Protection Group, Department of the Environment and
Energy, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, pp. 62–63.
[52] For example, see issues
raised by: Science Party, Submission 4, p. 1; Environmental Justice
Australia, Submission 11, pp. 1–3; and Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Submission
17, p. 1.
[53] Queensland Government, Submission
9, p. 1.
[54] 350.org Australia, Submission
10, p. 4.
[55] Environmental Justice
Australia, Submission 11, pp. 2–3.
[56] Environmental Justice
Australia, Submission 11, p. 2.
[57] Greenpeace Australia
Pacific, Submission 17, p. 1. See also Cape York Regional Organisations,
Submission 16, p. 4.
[58] Dr Stein Helgeby, Deputy Secretary,
Governance and APS Transformation, Department of Finance, Committee Hansard,
21 September 2018, p. 41.
[59] Dr Stein Helgeby, Deputy
Secretary, Governance and APS Transformation, Department of Finance, Committee
Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 41.
[60] Senator the Hon Matthias
Cormann, Minister for Finance, Senate Finance and Public Administration
Legislation Committee Hansard, Budget Estimates 2018–19, 23 May
2018, p. 75.
[61] See this chapter above.
[62] Mr Dean Knudson, Deputy
Secretary, Environment Protection Group, Department of the Environment and
Energy, Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Hansard,
Budget Estimates 2018–19, 21 May 2018, p. 19.
[63] Dr Stein Helgeby, Deputy
Secretary, Governance and APS Transformation, Department of Finance, Committee
Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 43.
[64] Australian Conservation
Foundation, Submission 2, pp. 3–4.
[65] Mr Matt Rose, Economist,
Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard¸
30 July 2018, p. 8.
[66] Mr Matt Rose, Economist,
Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard¸
30 July 2018, p. 8.
[67] 'Overview: Grant Agreement
between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation', p. 2.
[68] Lisa Cox, '$444m reef grant
to cost taxpayers extra $11m, Labor says', Guardian Online,
16 August 2018, www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/15/444m-reef-grant-to-cost-taxpayers-extra-11m-says-labor-mp (accessed 8 November 2018).
[69] From December 2017 the
details of all Commonwealth grants must be published on a central government
repository. See www.grants.gov.au/?event=public.home (accessed
25 October 2018).
[70] The Hon Michael McCormack
MP, Deputy Prime Minister, 'Feds sign off on $235 million North East Rail Line
Funding', Media Release, 11 October 2018.
[71] See the Commonwealth
register of grants at www.grants.gov.au/?event=public.home (accessed
25 October 2018).
Chapter 4 - Matters raised in evidence about the $444 million Foundation Partnership
[1]
The Hon Malcolm
Turnbull, Answers to written questions taken on notice (received
1 October 2018), p. 1.
[2]
Mr Matt Rose,
Economist, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 7.
[3]
Mr Christian
Slattery, Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard¸
30 July 2018, p. 7.
[4]
Ms Anna Maria
Arabia, Chief Executive, Australian Academy of Science, Committee Hansard¸
21 September 2018, p. 27.
[5]
Australian Coral
Reef Society Inc., Submission
6, p. 3.
[6]
Science Party, Submission
4, p. 1.
[7]
Dr Russell Reichelt,
Chairman, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 26.
[8]
Dr Larry Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, CSIRO, Committee Hansard,
21 September 2018, p. 13.
[9]
Dr Paul Hardisty,
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 34.
[10]
Mr Lyndon Schneiders,
National Director, The Wilderness Society,
Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 16.
[11]
Mr Matt Rose,
Economist, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 8.
[12]
This view has been
advanced by Geoff Cousins, a former President of the ACF. See
Mike Seccombe, 'Accounting trick frames reef grant', The Saturday Paper,
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2018/08/18/accounting-trick-frames-reef-grant/15345144006727 (accessed 7 November 2018).
[13]
See, for example,
Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 2, pp. 6–7;
WWF-Australia, Submission 5, pp. 2 and 5; and The Wilderness Society, Submission
13, p, 5.
[14]
Mr Matt Rose,
Economist, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 8.
[15]
Mr Matt Rose,
Economist, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 9.
[16]
Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission
7, Supplementary
Submission, p. 5.
[17]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19 (16 January 2019),
p. 19. This is discussed further in chapter five of the committee's report.
[18]
Department of the
Environment and Energy, Documents
Produced pursuant to the Senate Order agreed on 21 August 2018 (notice
of motion no. 978), Attachment
A3 (Proposal Evaluation), pp. 5, 7, and 11.
[19]
For example, see:
WWF-Australia, Submission 5, p. 2; Australian Coral Reef Society, Submission
6, p. 2; and 350.org Australia, Submission 10, pp. 4–5.
[20]
350.org Australia, Submission
10, p. 5.
[21]
WWF-Australia, Submission
2, p. 4.
[22]
Australian Coral Reef Society,
Submission 6, p. 2.
[23]
Mr Stephen Oxley,
First Assistant Secretary, Heritage, Reef and Marine Division, Department of
the Environment and Energy, Senate Environment and Communications
Legislation Committee Hansard, Budget Estimates 2018–19, 21 May
2018, p. 102.
[24]
See Dr Larry Marshall,
Chief Executive, and Dr Christian Roth, Senior Principal Research Scientist,
CSIRO, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018, pp. 1 and 2 respectively.
[25]
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Resourcing Plan, p. 6, www.barrierreef.org/uploads/
Resourcing%20Plan%20FINAL%20inc%20RT%20logo.pdf
(accessed 24 January 019).
[26]
Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, Supplementary Submission
Attachment D (Reef Trust–Great Barrier Reef Foundation Partnership
Proposal Evaluation),
pp. 4–5.
[27]
Ms Anna Marsden, Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee
Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 51.
[28]
See Nicole Hasham, 'Reef charity's fundraising record casts doubt on $444
million grant', Sydney Morning Herald, www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/reef-charity-s-fundraising-record-casts-doubt-on-444-million-grant-20180524-p4zhdt.html
(accessed 21 November 2018).
[29]
Ms Anna Marsden, Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee
Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 51.
[30]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to the
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19 (16 January 2019), p. 72.
[31]
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Collaborative Investment Strategy,
p. 5.
[32]
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Collaborative Investment Strategy,
p. 6.
[33]
'Overview: Grant
Agreement between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation',
p. 2.
[34]
Mr Matt Rose,
Economist, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 7.
[35]
Mr Christian Slattery,
Economist, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard, 30 July
2018, p. 12.
[36]
Greenpeace Australia, Submission
17, p. 1.
[37]
Mr David Barnden,
Principal Lawyer, Environmental Justice Australia, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 14.
[38]
Ms Anna Marsden,
Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 46.
[39]
Mr Dean Knudson,
Deputy Secretary, Environment Protection Group, Department of the Environment and Energy, Committee
Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 66.
[40]
CSIRO, Documents
Produced pursuant to the Senate Order agreed on 20 June 2018 (notice of
motion no. 857), Document
13, p. 1.
[41]
These concerns were
also addressed in answers to questions on notice given to the committee by the
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Answers to questions taken on
notice, public hearing, Canberra, 21 September 2018 (received 5 October
2018) p. 4.
[42]
Dr Paul Hardisty,
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Committee
Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 32.
[43]
For example, see:
WWF-Australia, Submission 5, p. 1; Australian Academy of Science, Submission
14, p. 3.
[44]
WWF-Australia, Submission
5, p. 1.
[45]
Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, 'First Reef Trust Partnership funded project underway', Media
Release, 21 January 2019, www.barrierreef.org/latest/news/first-reef-trust-partnership-funded-project-underway
(accessed 23 January 2019).
[46]
Ms Deb Callister, Assistant Secretary, Reef Branch, Heritage, Reef and
Marine Division, Department
of the Environment and Energy, Senate Environment and Communications
Legislation Committee Hansard, Budget Estimates 2018–19, 21 May
2018, p. 103.
[47]
Australian Coral Reef
Society, Submission 6, pp. 3–4.
[48]
Australian Academy of
Science, Submission 14, p. 4.
[49] Science Party, Submission
4, Supplementary Submission, p. 3.
[50]
Department of the
Environment and Energy, Senate Order
No. 978, Attachment A3 (Proposal Evaluation), pp. 20–21.
[51]
Mr David Barnden,
Principal Lawyer, Environmental Justice Australia, Committee Hansard¸30 July
2018, p. 14.
[52]
Dr Russell Reichelt,
Chairman, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 25.
[53]
For example, see:
Science Party, Submission 4, pp. 3–4; 350.org Australia, Submission
10, pp. 4 and 6; Australia Institute, Submission 18, Cover
letter, pp. 2 and 15.
[54]
Mr Matt Rose,
Economist, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 6.
[55]
Mr Grant King,
Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard,
18 September 2018, p. 9.
[56]
Mr David Barnden,
Principal Lawyer, Environmental Justice Australia, Committee Hansard¸
30 July 2018, p. 18.
[57]
As noted by, for
example: 350.org
Australia, Submission 10¸ pp. 4 and 6; Environmental Justice Australia, Submission
11, p. 3. A full
list of Chairman's Panel Members can be found at www.barrierreef.org/our-partners/chairmans-panel (accessed 15 November
2018).
[58]
Mr Matt Rose,
Economist, Australian Conservation Foundation, Committee Hansard,
30 July 2018, p. 6.
[59]
Australian Coral Reef
Society, Submission 6, p. 4.
[60]
Australian Coral Reef
Society, Submission 6, pp. 3–4.
[61]
Ms Anna Maria Arabia,
Chief Executive, Australian Academy of Science, Committee Hansard, 21
September 2018, p. 27.
[62]
Dr John (Jack) Steele,
Director, Science Impact and Policy, CSIRO, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2018, p. 8.
[63]
Mr Dean Knudson,
Deputy Secretary, Environment Protection Group, Department of the Environment
and Energy, Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
Hansard, Budget estimates 2018–19, 21 May 2018, p. 35.
[64]
Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, p. 10.
[65]
Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, Answers to questions taken on notice, public hearing, Canberra,
18 September 2018 (received 16 October 2018) p. 5.
[66]
For the conditions of
the Grant Agreement, see chapter 2 of this report. On a public governance
framework for the Foundation, see Ms Anna Marsden, Managing Director, Great
Barrier Reef Foundation, Committee Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 39.
[67]
The Australia Institute and Future
Super, Submission
18, p. 5.
[68]
Mr Richie Merzian,
Director of the Climate and Energy Program, The Australia Institute, Committee
Hansard¸ 21 September 2018, p. 46.
[69]
The Australia Institute and Future
Super, Submission
18, p. 2.
[70]
The Australia Institute and Future
Super, Submission
18, p. 15.
[71]
The Australia
Institute and Future Super, Submission
18, pp. 8–9. See
also the Grant Agreement between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier
Reef Foundation, p. 22.
[72]
Dr Martin Rice, Acting
Chief Officer and Head of Research for the Climate Council of Australia, Committee
Hansard¸ 30 July 2018, p. 1.
[73]
Australian Academy of
Science, Submission 14, p. 1.
[74]
For example, see:
Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 2, p. 2; Queensland
Government, Submission 9, p. 3; Australian Academy of Science, Submission
14, p. 1; Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Submission 17, p. 1.
[75]
Dr Russell Reichelt,
Chairman, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Senate Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee Hansard, Budget estimates
2018–19, 21 May 2018, p. 51.
[76]
Queensland Government,
Submission 9, p. 3.
[77]
For example, see:
Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 2, p. 2; Climate Council
of Australia, Submission 3; WWF-Australia, Submission 5, p. 1;
Australian Coral Reef Society, Submission 6, p. 1; Australian Academy of
Science, Submission 14, p. 3.
[78]
Queensland Government,
Submission 9, p. 3.
[79]
Dr Martin Rice, Acting
Chief Officer and Head of Research for the Climate Council of Australia, Committee
Hansard, 30 July 2018, p. 2.
[80]
Environmental Justice
Australia, Submission 11, p. 6.
[81]
For example, see: Mr
David Arthur, Submission 12¸ pp. 3–4; The Wilderness Society, Submission 13,
p. 2; Australia Institute and Future Super, Submission 18, p. 9.
[82]
Mr Lyndon Schneiders,
National Director, The Wilderness Society, Committee Hansard,
21 September 2018, p. 17.
[83]
Mr David Arthur, Submission
12, p. 3.
[84]
Australian Academy of
Science, Submission 14, p. 3.
Chapter 5 - Audit of the award of the grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation
[1]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19.
[2]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 8.
[3]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 9. For
additional detail on these points see pp. 10 and 22–25 for the standard of
advice provided, pp. 28–30 for reasons documented for allocating funding other
than through a competitive merits-based selection process, and pp. 31–32 for
the adequacy of advice on costs and benefits of making the full grant payment
in
2017–18.
[4]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 31.
[5]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, pp. 31–32.
[6]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 9.
[7]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, pp. 37 and 43.
[8]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, pp. 9 and 44.
[9]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, pp. 9 and 11.
[10]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 53.
[11]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 9.
[12]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 54.
[13]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, pp. 54–55.
[14]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 53.
[15]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 56.
[16]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 56.
[17]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 58.
[18]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 60.
[19]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 60.
[20]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 11.
[21]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 56.
[22]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 56.
[23]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, pp. 65–66.
[24]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, pp. 11 and 48.
[25]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 67.
[26]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, pp. 70–71.
[27]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 13.
[28]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 13.
[29]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, pp. 13–14.
[30]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, pp. 73–76.
Chapter 6 - Committee view and recommendations
[1]
Grant Agreement between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, p. 43.
[2]
The Hon Malcolm
Turnbull, Answers to written questions taken on notice (received
1 October 2018), p. 1.
[3]
Peter Hannam, 'Like
winning lotto': Reef Foundation minnow braces for $444m windfall', Sydney
Morning Herald, 13 May 2018, www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/like-winning-lotto-reef-foundation-minnow-braces-for-444m-windfall-20180511-p4zeud.html (accessed 13 November 2018).
[4]
Department of the
Environment and Energy, Submission 7, Supplementary Submission
Attachment B (Information statement regarding the assessment and awarding of
the Reef Trust Grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation), p. 6.
[5]
The Hon Malcolm
Turnbull, Answers to written questions taken on notice (received
1 October 2018), p. 1.
[6]
Queensland Government, Submission 9, p. 1.
[7]
Environmental Justice Australia, Submission 11, p. 2.
[8]
Department of the
Environment and Energy, FOI 180514, Document 17b, Attachment 1, p. 1.
[9]
Documents Produced
pursuant to the Senate Order agreed on 21 August 2018 (notice of motion
no. 978), Attachment A3
(Proposal Evaluation), pp. 1, 3, 5, 7, 11 and 19–20.
[10]
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Collaborative Investment Strategy,
p. 7.
[11]
Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, 'First Reef Trust Partnership funded project underway' Media
Release, 21 January 2019, www.barrierreef.org/latest/news/first-reef-trust-partnership-funded-project-underway
(accessed 23 January 2019).
[12]
Australian National Audit Office, 'Award of a $443.3 Million Grant to the
Great Barrier Reef Foundation', Auditor-General Report No. 22 2018–19, p. 19.
[13]
Grant Agreement between the Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef
Foundation, p. 22.
[14]
Correspondence from Mr Grant Hehir, Auditor-General, Australian National
Audit Office, received 24 August 2018
[15]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 13.
[16]
Australian National Audit Office, Award of a $443.8 Million Grant to
the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Report 22 of 2018–19, p. 13.
[17]
Correspondence from Mr Grant Hehir, Auditor-General, Australian National
Audit Office, dated 24 August 2018
[18]
Great Barrier Reef Foundation, 'Reef Trust Partnership Frequently Asked
Questions', www.barrierreef.org/science-with-impact/reef-partnership
(accessed 16 November 2018).
[19]
IPCC, Summary for
Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC, p. 11.
[20]
IPCC, Summary for
Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC, p. 11.
Coalition Senators' dissenting report
[1]
Department of the
Environment and Energy, 'Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan', www.environment.gov.au/marine/gbr/publications/reef-2050-long-term-sustainability-plan-2018 (accessed 12 February 2018).