Debt ‘avalanche’ a sign loan system is broken, senator says – as it happened

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The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, is this morning committing to $260m to Australia's national parks to address problems after a decade of neglect".

Plibersek is telling ABC News some parks have become unsafe:

What we've seen in our national parks, feral animals, invasive weeds, despite the best efforts of our rangers and staff, they just haven't been able to keep up with the demand in our parks.

They've actually become unsafe. One of the worst examples I heard was broken and missing crocodile signs in Kakadu national park.