Three young Queenslanders have stepped up their fight to protect the Great Barrier Reef by writing to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee,

They urge the icon be listed as ‘in danger’ due to the severe risk it faces from climate change, and the federal government’s ill-founded reliance on, and prolonging of, fossil fuels.

Hear the hopes and frustrations of  these  community leaders,  who ask Minister Ley to revoke Adani’s coal mining licence….. to save the reef they love.

Guests:  – Claire Galvin, 20,   [Gimuy/ Cairns]

                   Ava Shearer, 17,   [Port Douglas]

Music: “Beds are Burning” originally by MIDNIGHT OIL
with Missy Higgins on vocals  was  released February  2020- as a A Bushfire Charity Flash Record by Amanda Palmer & Friends

missy higgins - vocals
amanda palmer - piano, vocals & autoharp
brian viglione - drums
jherek bischoff - electric bass & guitar

Soundbed: "TIme Break", Andy Paine, Politics of Possibility

Earth Matters #1335 was produced by Bec Horridge