- Did you catch the ABC’s new TV series War on Waste highlighting on-farm food waste? Catch up on the food waste episode HERE. See QFF’s column on how farmers are using innovation to address on-farm food waste HERE.
- The Queensland Government has announced $4 million in funding for on-ground projects in the Mackay Whitsunday and broader Central Queensland region to reduce pollutants washing into waterways and the Reef. Statement HERE.
- Reef 2050 Advisory Committee (RAC) has held its ninth meeting in Brisbane concentrating on the impacts of recent coral bleaching events. See the meeting communique HERE.
- Pioneer of pasture cropping Colin Seis will be assisting Reef Alliance members Fitzroy Basin Association hold a Multi-Species Cover Cropping workshop for grain growers in Clermont on 7 June 2017. Event details HERE.
- New research from James Cook University has found that the dugong population in the southern Great Barrier Reef region is in much better condition than after cyclone Yasi and the widespread flooding of 2011. Details HERE.
The Reef Alliance project is funded by the Australian Government and delivered through the Reef Trust.