October Budget 2022-23
The Government is investing a record $1.2 billion to protect and restore our iconic Great Barrier Reef.
For more information: 2022-23 October Budget fact sheets
Latest releases
General
- Australian Government Reef Achievements (2008 - 2013) - 2014
- Australian Government response to the Environment and Communications References Committee report: Management of the Great Barrier Reef - 2016
- Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report
- Great Barrier Reef Intergovernmental Agreement - 2009
- Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Forum Communiques
- North-East Shipping Management Plan - Australian Maritime Safety Authority, 2014
- Science and the Great Barrier Reef
- More publications
Comprehensive strategic assessment
Independent review reports
- Great Barrier Reef Coastal Zone Strategic Assessment - Independent Review Report
- Great Barrier Reef Region Strategic Assessment - Independent Review Report
Research reports
- Historical context and causes of water quality decline in the Whitsunday region - 2019
- Fact sheet - Research to support the Great Barrier Reef Strategic Assessment
- Socio-economic
- Understanding outstanding universal value
- Informing management of coastal development
- Cumulative impact management and integrated monitoring
- Integrated monitoring framework for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
- Integrated monitoring, modelling and management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area – demonstration case for the Mackay region
- A framework for understanding cumulative impacts, supporting environmental decisions and informing resilience based management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
Independent reviews
Reef 2050 Plan
- Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan 2021-25 - 2021
- Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan 2021–25 – Overview - 2021
- Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan - 2018
- Reef 2050 Long Term Sustainability Plan Indigenous Implementation Plan
- Highlights of the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan - 2015
- Reef 2050 Plan 2017 Annual Report - 2018
- Reef 2050 Plan 2019 Annual report - 2020
- Reef 2050 Plan Annual Report and Implementation Strategy - 2016
- Reef 2050 Plan - Implementation Strategy - Edition 2, 2015
- Reef 2050 Plan Investment Baseline - 2015
- Reef 2050 Plan Review Options report - 2017
Fact sheets
The following sector-specific factsheets have been designed with input from stakeholders to assist as we work towards better outcomes for the Reef:
- Community groups helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
- Farmers helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
- Tourism operators helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
- Local governments helping protect the Great Barrier Reef
- Ports Industry supporting the Reef 2050 Plan
- Shipping sector supporting the Reef 2050 Plan
- Building Reef Resilience and Action on Climate Change
- Fisheries management on the Great Barrier Reef
- Improving Reef water quality
- Traditional Owner Reef protection
Reef 2050 Advisory Committee
Reef 2050 Independent Expert Panel
- Advice on Responding to Mass Coral Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef - 2017
- Advice on coral bleaching and climate change - 2016
Reef Trust
- Grant Agreement Between the Reef Trust and Great Barrier Reef Foundation - 2018
- Reef Trust - Great Barrier Reef Foundation Partnership Grant Guidelines - 2018
- Great Barrier Reef - Partnerships for the future - 2018
- Reef Trust Investment Phase V - 2017
- Reef Trust Investment Strategy Phase III - 2015
- Reef Trust Phase II Investments - 2015
- The Biodiversity Consultancy report on the Determination of suitable financial contributions as offsets within the Reef Trust - 2015
- Summary report: the cost-effectiveness protocol used to assist in the prioritisation of the second phase of Reef Trust investment - 2015
Fact sheets
Reef Water Quality Protection Plan and Report Cards
- Reef Water Quality Protection Plan - 2013
- Reef Water Quality Protection Plan 2013 Prioritisation project report - 2014
- Great Barrier Reef Report Cards
World heritage
- Defining the aesthetic values of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - February 2013
- EPBC Act referral guidelines for the Outstanding Universal Value of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - 2014
- Geological and geomorphological features of Outstanding Universal Value in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - February 2013
- Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area location/Boundary plan (PDF - 489 KB)
- Independent review of the Institutional and Legal Mechanisms that provide Coordinated Planning, Protection and Management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - 2014
- Interim report on current Great Barrier Reef development proposals
- Managing the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
- What Australia is doing to manage the Great Barrier Reef - June 2015
- State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia) - 2019
- State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia) - 2015
- State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area 2014
- State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia) 2013
- State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia) 2012
- World Heritage Committee notification reports
World Heritage Committee documents
A list of documents concerning the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area is available on the UNESCO web site.
More publications
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protection: legislative changes - frequently asked questions - fact sheet - 2009
- Maintaining a healthy and resilient Great Barrier Reef - 2009 - The Commonwealth and Queensland Governments - Interim Response to the Outlook Report
- A Review of The Business Exit (Licence Buyout) Assistance Component of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package - October 2007
- Review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975: Review Panel Report - 2006
- Review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package - 2010
- Safeguarding the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - Fact sheet - 2009