AUTHOR: Chris Calcino SECTION: GENERAL NEWS ARTICLE TYPE: NEWS ITEM AUDIENCE : 13,896 ~ isentia PAGE: 1 PRINTED SIZE: 1219.00cm2 REGION: QLD MARKET: Australia ASR: AUD 6,114 WORDS: 833 ITEM ID: 1182450742 08 OCT, 2019 HOW I'll FIX REEF PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY 1@#•l;@'·SU•tt1mrara ADVlCE eop,,g,, Aqercy l..m,led (CAI.) """"""' cw, or Cq,,,nghl Act 1968 (CwthJ,. 48" cw, Cairns Post, Cairns Page 1 of 4 Entsch claims he's already making waves as envoy I CHRIS CALCINO [email protected] THE Pederal Govern­ ment's Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef Warren Entsch is vowing that the position is more than just a public rela­ tions exercise. Four months into the job and he says he has launched a second Reef­ Clean effort to remove tonnes of rubbish from the sensitive ecosystem and established a biparti­ san parliamentary sup­ port group. Mr Entsch plans to bring VIPs to see how healthy the Reef is too. FULL STORY P4·5 A PR exercise or saving the Reef? Entsch's Special Envoy role raises many queries CHRIS CALCINO [email protected] The Leichhardt MP has WARREN Entsch's first four been afforded two extra staff months as Special Envoy for members at an estimated cost the Great Barrier Reef have of $200,000 to help carry out raised questions over whether the job, although the Federal the position is more than just a Government is keeping their PR exercise. AUTHOR: Chris Calcino SECTION: GENERAL NEWS ARTICLE TYPE: NEWS ITEM AUDIENCE : 13,896 ~ isentia PAGE: 1 PRINTED SIZE: 1219.00cm2 REGION: QLD MARKET: Australia ASR: AU D 6,114 WORDS: 833 ITEM ID: 1182450742 08 OCT, 2019 HOW I'll FIX REEF PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY Cop,rght Agenc; um ted (CAU ia!nsed COJJY a Copynght Act 1958 (C,...'fth) s 48A ttJP'f Cairns Post, Cairns Page 2 of 4 wages under wraps. "What you will see in the fu­ I PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDS OF THE REEF His own $200,000-plus sal­ ture is all local, state and fed­ ary has not changed - how­ eral contracts will include a Coalition ever, special envoys have recycling component," he said. Warren Entsch - co-chairman access to greater funds and de­ "So if you want to win a Trevor Evans partmental resources. contract, you will need to in- Dave Sharma Senator Paul Scarr Barnaby Joyce claimed clude an element ofrecyclables Anne Webster $675,000 in expenses during or you won't win." Craig Kelly his nine-month tenure as spe­ Mr Entsch has launched Senator Anthony Chisholm cial drought envoy, a figure the second ReefClean effort, Phillip Thompson which included his normal with volunteers hoping to re­ George Christensen work as a backbencher. move 20 tonnes of rubbish Senator Amanda Stoker Following criticism of from the sensitive ecosystem. Senator Simon Birmingham Mr Joyce's record as a special He has also set up a parlia­ Senator Susan McDonald envoy and the absence of any mentary friendship group for final report produced by him, the Great Barrier Reef with 23 Labor the Cairns Post asked members aimed at encourag­ Graham Perrett - co-chairman Mr Entsch to define his job ex­ ing bipartisan support for the Senator Nita Green pectations and how he would natural wonder, but his envi­ Amanda Rishworth measure his success. ronmental credentials are up Susan Templeton He accepted there was a for debate. Luke Gosling public relations element to the His refusal to push for the Milton Dick position but said there was abandonment of fossil fuels Matt Keogh much more to the story - and has been a chief criticism Patrick Gorman he already had the ball rolling. among protesters who regu­ Senator Louise Pratt The born-and-bred Far larly camp outside his office. Greens Northerner wants to bring Mr Entsch said he did not Senator Peter Whish-Wilson some of the world's most influ­ think it worthwhile to extend Senator Janet Rice ential people to "come put an invitation to visit to young their head under the water" to climate activist Greta Thun­ get a first-hand view of the true berg, who "thinks the world as health of the Reef, away from we know it is dead tomorrow". the influence of a screeching "Unfortunately a lot of international media. these young ones are getting a "It's about making sure I one-sided argument," he ar­ can connect people, inviting gued. people to come up here to look Mr Entsch said he would be at the Reef so they can talk fac- measured on what he had tually - n ot just jump at shad­ achieved at the end of his term. ows," Mr Entsch said. His bosses are happy so far. "Of course it's a PR job ... "Mr Entsch has, and will making sure people acknowl­ continue to, provide valuable edge what is being done. counsel to the Minister for the NOT WANTED: Plastic pollution "We are the best reef man­ Environment and the Prime around a coral reef with sea agers in the world and we will Minister relating to strategies anemones and clownfish. also do the same thing with for the Reef," a spokesman for plastics ... people will come to Environment Minister Sussan us to learn how to do it." Ley said. Mr Entsch has vowed to "He has already devoted achieve a national policy on re­ considerable time to working moving plastics from the ocean with the Minister for the Envi­ as his fi nal political crusade be­ ronment on both Reef and fore bowing out next election. plastics issues and his success The most positive step so far in the role is already apparent." came at the Council of Austra­ lian Governments meeting in @ [email protected] August in Cairns, where the {i facebook.com/TheCairnsPost heads of every state and terri­ ® www.cairnspost.com.au tory agreed to work towards tJtwitter.com{TheCairnsPost banning plastic waste exports. AUTHOR: Chris Calcine SECTION: GENERAL NEWS ARTICLE TYPE: NEWS ITEM AUDIENCE : 13,896 ~ isentia PAGE: 1 PRINTED SIZE: 1219.00cm2 REGION: QLD MARKET: Australia ASR: AU D 6,114 WORDS: 833 ITEM ID: 1182450742 Laa.rns~ 08 OCT, 2019 ' I HOW I'll FIX REEF PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY Cop,,,gn1,q,,,cy I.Jm<od (CAI.J lcensea <Xll>I o, Coc,yng,1 Ac1 1968 (OMIN • 48A <Xll>/ Cairns Post, Cairns Page 3 of 4 GOOD WORK: Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch hugs Cairns student Molly Steer who led a Straw No More campaign. !:ii,_~· The Hon. Warren Entsch MP -,.-'r· J"c,le1.1l ,\lc111hcr for l.c1chhJ1<lt AUTHOR: Ch ris Calcino SECTION: GENERAL NEWS ARTICLE TYPE: NEWS ITEM AUDIENCE : 13,896 ~ isentia PAGE: 1 PRINTED SIZE: 1219.00cm2 REGION: OLD MARKET: Australia ASR: AUD 6,114 WORDS: 833 ITEM ID: 1182450742 08 OCT, 2019 HOW I'll FIX REEF PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY ll§h(•1i1U41(•i§IEB ADVICE eop,,,gt,tAg,ncy Lmted ICAlJ OC.OSed oor>t CK COpyng'tt Act 1968 (Cwtth} s 48A <;q:1'f Cairns Post, Cairns Page 4 of 4 ENOUGH PLASTIC, Member for lekhhardt Warren Entsch. with his wife Yolande. has made it a priority to campaign for a national policy on plfflic. Picture. BRENDAN RADKE .