Cape York property with tree-clearing plans given part of $4m reef funding

Conservationists say proposal would make sediment problems on the reef - which funding is designed to prevent - much worse

A property in Queensland with one of the biggest tree-clearing proposals in Australia, and which is specifically identified by experts as a risk to Great Barrier Reef water quality, is one of the beneficiaries of a $4m federal government reef water quality program.

Australian Conservation Foundation campaigner Andrew Picone said that it showed the federal government "isn't taking its reef commitments seriously" since the proposed clearing would exacerbate the very problem the funding is meant to mitigate.