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Monday, 1 June 1998
Page: 4268


Mr KERR —My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Has the Prime Minister seen reports about plans to mine the Great Barrier Reef? Has the Prime Minister also seen reports of Premier Borbidge's equivocal response that there are `no plans' to mine the reef? Prime Minister, why has your Minister for the Environment expressed concerns to the Minister for Resources and Energy, Senator Parer, about plans to allow mining on the reef? Will you guarantee that, under your government, there will never ever be mining, mining exploration or drilling that would affect the Great Barrier Reef?


Mr HOWARD (Prime Minister) —Of course we will.