Great Barrier Reef needs $10bn for chance of survival, scientists say

This election is Australia's last chance to save the reef, which requires $1bn a year for 10 years to reduce water pollution to give it a chance to survive climate change, report warns

The 2016 Australian election is the last opportunity to save the Great Barrier Reef, the authors of a new scientific paper have warned.

The government needs to commit to $1bn a year for 10 years to reduce water pollution, which would give the reef a chance to survive the impacts of climate change, according to the paper published in the journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.