India-backed port won't dump dredge in Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Sydney (AFP) March 11, 2015 - Plans to dump dredge waste in Australia's Great Barrier Reef as part of an Indian-backed port expansion have been shelved in favour of land disposal, Queensland state said Wednesday. The Australian government in January broadly ruled out allowing dredge dumping in the Great Barrier Reef area, but the Port Abbot project in north Queensland had been approved last year. It has now been dro ... more
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