Master Reef Guides training connects rainforest and Reef!

The ninth cohort of Master Reef Guides has experienced firsthand how the world’s only neighbouring World Heritage sites - the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics rainforest - are ecologically and cu

The ninth cohort of Master Reef Guides has experienced firsthand how the world’s only neighbouring World Heritage sites - the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics rainforest - are ecologically and cu

Inspiring the next generation of Reef stewards during Sea Week

What happens when a classroom full of Reef Guardian students get the chance to ask the Chief Scientist their biggest questions about the Great Barrier Reef?

What happens when a classroom full of Reef Guardian students get the chance to ask the Chief Scientist their biggest questions about the Great Barrier Reef?

New appointments to uphold world-leading management of Great Barrier Reef

The Australian Government has made new key appointments to the board of Australia’s world-leading reef management agency, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

The Australian Government has made new key appointments to the board of Australia’s world-leading reef management agency, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

Indigenous Reef Advisory Committee

The Indigenous Reef Advisory Committee provides advice to the Marine Park Authority Board (the Board) through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (the Authority) on the management of the G

Tourism Reef Advisory Committee

The Tourism Reef Advisory Committee provides advice to the Marine Park Authority Board through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority on the management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Shark-smart behaviour the key to sustainable fishing

Shark-smart behaviour is one of the keys to sustainable fishing on the Great Barrier Reef with new research revealing the hidden financial cost of shark depredation.

Shark-smart behaviour is one of the keys to sustainable fishing on the Great Barrier Reef with new research revealing the hidden financial cost of shark depredation.

Chief Scientist on the release of the National Marine Science Strategy

Nowhere is Australia’s connection to our oceans more visible, or more vulnerable, than on the Great Barrier Reef.

The newly released National Marine Science Strategy 2026-2036 will underpin actions to strengthen Australia’s ocean economy in a rapidly changing climate.

Field management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Field officers are crucial to management of the World Heritage Area.

Corporate Plan

The 2025–26 Corporate Plan is centred on protecting Reef resilience through modern marine park management and directing our resources to reduce the threats to the ecosystem.