Reef grant 'what is needed': foundation

By Oliver Caffrey
Updated September 18 2018 - 2:06pm, first published 12:11pm
Dr John Schubert says a $443.3 million grant is vital to protect the reef from climate change.
Dr John Schubert says a $443.3 million grant is vital to protect the reef from climate change.

A controversial $444.3 million federal grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation is necessary to protect the reef against the threats of climate change, its chairman says.

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