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Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing by aussieguy1234 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @05:53AM (#27589728)
There's a bunch of marginal coal industry seats that the government is in danger of loosing, which is why they're doing stupid things like this.

It's not the only thing, they recently decided to subsidize a new gas power plant with taxpayers money.

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Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing by koolraap on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @05:59AM (#27589773)
The Australian government is stupid, that's true (that statement is timeless).

However, conflating coal and tourism is... well, I don't see how you can win that argument except after 26 beers.

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Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing by stanislavb on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:21AM (#27589892)
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