Daily Archives: 2 July, 2015

Australia triumphant as Unesco rejects ‘in danger’ listing for Reef

LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch has joined Environment Minister Greg Hunt in welcoming the final and unanimous decision of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to not place the Great Barrier Reef on its world heritage in-danger list. In fact, all references to ‘in-danger’ have been completely removed.  The 21 member-country World Heritage Committee reiterated praise for…

RRRC’s Australian-PNG border community resilience program yields real results

AN aid program designed to build up skills and infrastructure in disadvantaged communities on the border between Papua New Guinea and Australia is making good progress, with training provided to 53 local Community Rangers set to benefit more than 21,700 people. The Treaty Village Resilience Program was launched in November 2014 with funding from Australian…