Word on the Reef
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Word on the Reef
10. The Fight to Stop Oil Drilling on the Great Barrier Reef with Eddie Hegerl and Di Tarte
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Tanya Murphy
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Season 1
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Episode 10
In 1967, it was discovered that the Queensland government had secretly leased out more than 200,000sqkm of the Great Barrier Reef for oil drilling. A small group of unlikely heroes banded together to save the Reef. Their courageous story of hope against seemingly insurmountable odds holds a lesson for us all.
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