Great Barrier Reef Foundation

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation is an Australian non-profit organisation established in 1999[2] to help protect and preserve the Great Barrier Reef. The foundation was formed in response to the first mass coral bleaching of the reef in 1998.[3][4]

Great Barrier Reef Foundation
FormerlyGreat Barrier Reef Research Foundation
TypeNon-profit
IndustryEnvironmentalism
Founded19 November 1999 (1999-11-19) in Newstead, Queensland, Australia
Headquarters
Australia 
Area served
Australia
Key people
  • John Michael Schubert AO (Chairman)
  • Anna Catherine Marsden (Managing Director)
Revenue AUD$ 7,715,306[1] (2017)
AUD$ -1,339,246 (2017)
AUD$ -1,339,246 (2017)
Total assets AUD$ 3,297,679 (2017)
Members127
Number of employees
6 (2017)
Websitebarrierreef.org

2018 Government Grant

In 2018 the Turnbull Government announced an unprecedented AUD$443 million grant to the foundation. The grant was met with backlash and questions of corruption, as the grant was not properly tendered and failed to follow transparency rules.[5][6]

References

  1. "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. ASIC Company Record; ACN 090 616 443
  3. "The Foundation". Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. Science, jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia; corporateName=Australian Institute of Marine. "About the Australian Institute of Marine Science". www.aims.gov.au. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  5. environment; science; Slezak, technology reporter Michael (16 January 2019). "Government's $444m grant to reef body did not comply with transparency rules, Audit Office says". ABC News. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  6. Chen, David; Gartry, Laura (22 May 2018). "Labor slams $444m reef funding to foundation with 'six full-time staff' without tender". ABC News. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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