Di Natale, Sen Richard

Senator DI NATALE (Victoria—Leader of the Australian Greens) (14:21): My question is for the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Minister Canavan. I refer to reports on a major current affairs program on Sunday night that concluded that the Great Barrier Reef is on life support and, without urgent intervention, its days are numbered. There are now reports that every reef between Townsville and Cairns has bleached. So, Minister, I ask you this question: what is the threshold for walking away from funding the Adani mine and does every piece of coral need to die before you step in to stop this climate-destroying, jobs-killing, polluting coalmine?