Is Australia the world's most environmentally unfriendly country?
In Western Australia, endangered great white sharks are being slaughtered. In Queensland, dredging spoil is to be dumped on the Great Barrier Reef. In Tasmania, ancient forests - harbouring some of the planet's tallest trees - are in danger of being stripped of their World Heritage listing. Australians could be forgiven for wondering if the federal government they elected last September is the most conservation-hostile in living memory.
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