Sky News Australia

The Great Barrier Reef is “in wonderful shape”, according to IPA Senior Fellow Dr. Jennifer Marohasy.

“I was just diving off Cairns a few weeks back and it’s looking as wonderful as ever,” Dr. Marohasy told Sky News Australia host Rowan Dean.

“Do you know why we have record coral cover – it’s because for decades now both the number and intensity of cyclones hitting the Great Barrier Reef has actually been decreasing.

“And that’s not something the Bureau of Meteorology is telling us.”.