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Following on from our last post, and environment minister Tanya Plibersek has posted this video on the mass coral bleaching occurring across the Great Barrier Reef:
An important update about the Great Barrier Reef. pic.twitter.com/DHbl9u3h3h
— Tanya Plibersek (@tanya_plibersek) March 8, 2024Share9m ago19.31 EST
The Great Barrier Reef is in the grip of a mass coral bleaching event driven by global heating – the fifth in only eight years – the marine park’s government authority has confirmed.
The authority, together with scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, have completed aerial surveys across 300 reefs over two thirds of the reef, with more to come.
The authority said in an update:
These surveys confirm a widespread, often called mass coral bleaching event, is unfolding across the Great Barrier Reef.
Read the full story below:
Fifth mass coral bleaching event in eight years hits Great Barrier Reef, marine park authority confirmsRead moreShare14m ago19.27 EST
Melbourne’s west yet to see promised public transport reform
Tomorrow will be 1,000 days since Victoria’s bus plan was released, with advocates arguing little has been done to ensure Melbourne’s west has a fast, frequent and reliable bus service.
In 2021, Victoria’s Labor government committed to a bus plan that promised to create a bus network to Victoria’s public transport needs and demands, including route reforms and improved accessibility and safety.
The lack of frequent and direct bus routes has been particularly difficult for communities such as those in Wyndham in Melbourne’s west, advocates say. In Hoppers Crossing, for example, the average bus trip takes four times longer than the same journey by car.
According to the government’s bus plan, 2023 was supposed to see the implementation of reforms to transform Victoria’s bus network to align it with growing demand.
Sustainable Cities spokesperson Elyse Cunningham said:
Victoria’s bus plan has no solid timeline, and no solid funding commitments. They’ve been sitting on this plan for 1,000 days, but the people of Melbourne’s west are still stuck waiting for better buses, and taking hours to get to uni, work or the shops.
In a cost-of-living crisis, families in the west are spending hundreds of dollars more on petrol just to get where they need to go.
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2024-03-07 19:27:16
Link from www.theguardian.com