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The reef is already at risk because of this huge coal plant. If the plans go ahead, Australia will produce tons of greenhouse gasses that will affect the animals that are depending on the Great Barrier Reef. This would not only turn into a ecological disiaster, but many jobs from the marine tourism industry would be at risk.

The proposal for dredging the Abbot point port and dumping things outside port boundaries, was permitted by both the Australian Environment minister, Greg Hunt and  The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (also known as GBRMPA).

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Will coal exports kill the Great Barrier Reef?
Currently global warming and the crown of thorn starfish has done the most damage to the coral reef.

Australia now exports around a million tons of coal every day. The government approved to this project which will lead to creation the biggest coal mine in Queensland.

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The Queensland government has proposed a plan that would prevent sediment being dumped in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Companies want to use the Abbot Point to export coal reserves.
A plan to dump three million cubic metres of dredged sediment in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area was approved in 2014

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The great barrier reef is already in danger, due to crown of thorns starfish, flourishing in the area. Also, harsh weather has impacted the reef, and due to global warming, more carbon is now in the atmosphere, which makes the water unusable for coral, as it becomes to acidic.
The Carmichael mine is set to be seven times the size of Sydney harbour, to export 60 million tonnes of coal to India, over 60 years.
At Abbot point, the government has allowed the local port to be dredged, which will in turn expose the coral reefs to large quantities of sediment.

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The Abbott point will be one of the worlds biggest coal ports about 25km. Greenpeace tells everyone, that dumping of dredging on the World Heritage reef would be an "international embarrassment". Three million cubic metres of spoil had to be dredged as part of the project at Bowen last month. The central government in Australia has already approved the reef dumping plan, which is linked to a major port expansion. Meanwhile the government continues to make efforts to keep the Great Barrier Reef off the World Heritage In Danger list, on Monday announcing laws to ban dredging within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, excluding maintenance dredging at established ports.

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The original size of the dredging has decreased by 97% thorough the project.

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The projects financial benefit have been overstated and it carries enormous environmental risks. It would contribute to climate change, it will boost ocean acidification and damage fragile coral reefs. 300 km rail line to ship coal from Abbot point coal terminal. Australia's biggest coal mine built in the Galilee basin, could damage great Barrier reef. Lawyer Peter Ambrose defended companies safeguard against environmental damage, saying a range of experts would testify about its economic viability.

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The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park authority approved a proposal to dump soil from the ocean floor from the "Abbot point coal terminal" in the marine park area (with coral reefs). They want an expansion of land. Three million cubic metres of spoil from the ocean floor must be dredged for this project

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The Great Barrier Reef approved a proposal to dump dredge soil from the coal plant expansion into a marine park.
The dredging can smother and kill coral and other marine life and expose them to poisons and a sudden increase in nutrients.
The reef had already been troubled with climate change, land-based pollution and crown of thorn starfish outbreaks.
The dredging of the seabed will be required to deepen the area and will make the largest coal plant in the world.
An alternative to dumping the dredge soil in the ocean would be to use it for land reclamation. Another alternative would be building a retaining barrier.

It is predicted that $6.4 billion is made by the Great Barrier and employs 60, 000 people a year.

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New proposal on Australia reef dumping plan

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The expansion of the coal port would increase it's impact on the surrounding waters by 5 times more than what it previously did. The coal port, would not only contribute to pollution and the potential to destruction of the great barrier reefs, but would also cause many marine jobs that are connected to the great reef disappear. Leaving people jobless. The construction of the coal ports is said to require employment of some 1,500 people, and produce another 300 ongoing jobs.

Yet the tourism industry associated with the Great Barrier Reef employs some 65,000 people and generates close to $6 billion a year. Not to mention that the tourism industry would also lose many of it's tour guides and planners, if the plans are carried out. Meaning that even more people would lose their job. If all proposed projects in the Galilee Basin are approved, the Abbot Point Coal Port will see Australia export up to 2.64 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, more than triple the amount of greenhouse gases it produces as a nation.

It will give Australia the dubious honour of becoming the second largest exporter of greenhouse gases after China.

When thinking about the income that Australia could gain from exporting the coal, it isn't a sustainable income, meaning that when the coal runs out, so will their extra money. While the tourism industry already earns them 6 billion a year.

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the Australian government continues to try to keep the Great Barrier Reef off the World Heritage In Danger list, they are announcing laws to ban dredging within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, to save the Coral excluding maintenance dredging at established ports.

However of the nearly 6.4 million cubic metres of spoil dumped since 2010, around 84% has been dumped outside the Marine Park but in the World Heritage Area. A ban from the World Heritage Area would be more meaningful.

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Dredge spoil is when you take the earth from the ground and dig it up.This is normally done in the shallow water and this is a problem to the coral reefs. The government is trying its best to keep the barrier reef off the danger list and there for announcing laws to ban dredging digging.

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Queensland labor's new plan is to dump Abbot point dredge spoil on land instead of sea or sensitive wetlands in previous proposals.

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The proposed site for the plant is 40 kilometers away from the coral reef.

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chairman Russell Reichelt quotes that: "The best available science makes it very clear that expansion of the port at Abbot Point will have detrimental effects on the Great Barrier Reef. Sediment from dredging can smother corals and seagrasses and expose them to poisons and elevated nutrients." 

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chairman Russell Reichelt quotes that: "The best available science makes it very clear that expansion of the port at Abbot Point will have detrimental effects on the Great Barrier Reef. Sediment from dredging can smother corals and seagrasses and expose them to poisons and elevated nutrients." 

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This may impact the great barrier reef immensely. We should not treat the Great barrier reef differently as any other national treasury sights. And when the coral is already under threat, it is not a good idea to

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The article "Dumping Abbot Point dredge spoil on land won't save the reef" is about waste disposal taking place on land instead of in the sea because it is bad for the coral reefs. The Australian government made a new plan where to throw waste on land instead of sea. They try to keep the Great Barrier Reef off the World Heritage in Danger List because of decreased tourism rates that would be caused by the bad publicity. The previous government changed plan to know where to dump the trash on land instead of sea.

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Great Barrier reef takes centre stage in mine challenge

Australia's biggest coal mine in the Galilee Basin could damage the Great Barrier Reef
They wanted to ship coal to from the Abbot Point to different places

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Huge risk to tourism jobs

The construction of the coal ports is said to require employment of some 1,500 people, and produce another 300 ongoing jobs.

Yet the tourism industry associated with the Great Barrier Reef employs some 65,000 people and generates close to $6 billion a year.For making coal only a fief people are needed. It is crazy that Manny Manny jones are lost in tourism just to generate jobs in coal mining.  Even in future the income from the mining industry will be less than thy could earn in the tourism industry.

Australia has no evidence of the negative social and health impacts mining has on its people.

Such  evidence is available in a new report from the US.

The relationship between the mining companies, the other local industries and the people in the towns is under pressure.

But the seemingly indiscriminate granting of mining licences by the previous state government (and little abatement likely under the current government) has put a major strain on relations between the mining industry, other local industries and the citizenry.

With coal mining activity close to towns and farms in Australia it takes away the water supplies of the farmers. The local government has not been consulted about this. There are also long term concern for the damage of the environment. And then there’s health. Ongoing concerns and Manny health problems have been reported.there is no real evidence that these cause any health problems that are actually linked to coal mining in Australia. Health problems mentioned in other contries are lung cancer, chronic heart, increases in non-melanoma skin cancers, still births and miscarriages are also reported. Sold Australia be worried? The problem is that we don’t really know the effects the mining industry causes. There is no information available about the impact on Australia’s society, health and environment. Only if you have information at hand can you properly plan.