There has been a large increase in the size of the Great Barrier Reef over the past ten years and it is about the same size it was in 1985. But the Australian government says survival of the reef depends on virtue signaling by corrupt, incompetent and dishonest politicians.
Long-Term Monitoring Program – Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2020/21 | AIMS
Barrier Reef’s future depends on greater climate action: Warren Entsch
28 Dec 1991, Page 16 – Muncie Evening Press at Newspapers.com