Kuku Yallanji woman and Socialist Alliance candidate Pat O’Shane condemned the shallowness of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s January 28 announcement about Reef funding.

Morrison traveled to Cairns with environment minister Sussan Ley to announce $1 billion in funding for the Great Barrier Reef. The money will be divided over nine years and is primarily for ground and water programs. It does nothing to address climate change which is the biggest challenge facing the Reef.