News

Going electric

Air pollution caused by combustion engine motor vehicles is one of the top contributors to greenhouse emissions in Australia.

Y no chromosome?

Did you know that approximately 80 per cent of green turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef population are females?

Meet Anna

Anna works in our Strategic Governance team, but this is just one of the many hats that she has worn while working at the Reef Authority over the past 35 years.

I can't live without you

International Women in Science Day

Alice studied Marine Biology at James Cook University in Townsville, but this is not where her love for the Reef started.  

K’gari celebrates 30 years of UNESCO World Heritage

Dr Ian Poiner, Chairman of the Reef Authority Board and Maramee Close, the Reef Authority’s Project Officer for Reef and Islands, was invited by the Burnett Mary Regional Group

Preserving heritage

In 2008, the Low Isles, 15 kilometres northeast of Port Douglas, was listed as a Commonwealth Heritage place for its rich indigenous and historical heritage. 

Celebrating 20 years of Reef learning

A leading school education program that teaches students how to help protect the Great Barrier Reef is notching up a major milestone, celebrating its 20th birthday this year.

The 6th Cohort of Master Reef Guides

 On the 24th of October, the Reef Authority’s 6th Master Reef Guide field school kicked off at Heron Island.