Australia is spending billions on the Great Barrier Reef. Will it do any good?

Another $1bn has been committed, the latest of many funding pledges. But the reef's biggest threat - global heating - overshadows everythingGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesThe Great Barrier Reef - the world's largest coral reef system, covering an area about the size of Germany - always comes with big numbers.Last month the Australian government pledged another seemingly large figure, $1bn, for conservation and science to be spent over the next nine years and spread along the 2,300km reef. Continue reading...