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Approved port expansion plans threaten existence of Great Barrier Reef

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 14:41

The government agency that oversees Australia`s Great Barrier Reef has given its nod to a plan to dump about 3 million cubic metres of dredged mud on the reef as part of a major coal port expansion , which conservationists say will endanger its fragile ecosystem.