Coalition criticised after Great Barrier Reef Foundation receives $351,000 in jobkeeper payments

Foundation has received $400,000 in total pandemic support despite being awarded $443m government grant three years ago

Labor has asked the Morrison government to explain why a Great Barrier Reef-focused charity received jobkeeper despite still having hundreds of millions of dollars remaining from a nearly $500m grant it received three years ago.

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation, which expanded from six to 38 full-time staff after accepting a $443m grant that it did not request from the Turnbull government in 2018, confirmed it received about $351,000 in jobkeeper payments in the 2019-20 financial year.