Marine crisis: Greens move to establish urgent inquiry into SA algal bloom
Marine crisis: Greens move to establish urgent inquiry into SA algal bloom | Australian Greens Skip to main content Search Get Involved Join Donate Our plan Tax the 1% Tackle the cost of living Healthcare for all Fix the housing crisis Strong climate action Policy principles & aims Our team Federal MPs State/territory MPs Officeholders Media releases Take action Volunteer Donate Issues & campaigns Events Greens Shop Leave a bequest Our movement About the Greens Become a member Jobs Green Magazine All news Get Involved Join Donate Search Our plan Toggle Tax the 1% Tackle the cost of living Healthcare for all Fix the housing crisis Strong climate action Policy principles & aims Our team Toggle Federal MPs State/territory MPs Officeholders Media releases Take action Toggle Volunteer Donate Issues & campaigns Events Greens Shop Leave a bequest Our movement Toggle About the Greens Become a member Jobs Green Magazine All news Marine crisis: Greens move to establish urgent inquiry into SA algal bloom 2025-07-04 Following reports that the Federal Government has rejected calls for funding to fight the marine crisis in South Australia, the Greens have today announced they will establish an urgent parliamentary inquiry into the environmental catastrophe.
South Australian Senator and Greens Acting Leader, Sarah Hanson-Young has said the party will move for inquiry as soon a parliament resumes this month. “Like many South Australians, my weekend beach walks have become exercises in counting dead fish and steering clear of the murky water,” Senator Hanson-Young said today. “Our beaches are now marine graveyards.
Littered with dead fish, sea horses and even dolphins. It is an environmental apocalypse. Climate change is here and it’s killing nature - polluting our oceans, beaches and waterways.
“News that the Labor Government has rejected the desperate pleas of scientists to take the urgent action required following the mass deaths of marine life in South Australia is an absolute disgrace. $4million a year to help stem the crisis and the government has said ‘no’. Every South Australian should be furious.
“I am disgusted that our scientists and experts have been ignored. As soon as parliament resumes I will move for an urgent inquiry into the crisis. “First it was the South Australian Government telling us that there's nothing they can do and now the Federal Government has joined them, trying to wash their hands of this disaster occurring on our beaches.
“Scientists have long warned us that warming oceans would have major repercussions. It's clear that the climate crisis is here now and washing up on Adelaide beaches. “We need governments at all levels that will act to take climate change mitigation and adaptation seriously.
This is not a far off future problem, the crisis is here and now. “We cannot prevent future climate disasters until we stop making the problem worse, and that means stopping the opening of new coal and gas mines that are making pollution worse and more deadly. "The first thing the Environment Minister should be doing is providing the desperately needed $4 million a year to our marine scientists.
The next thing he needs to do is to put a climate trigger into our environment laws to ensure that all projects and mines are properly assessed for their pollution and climate impacts." Facebook for the Australian Greens YouTube for the Australian Greens X for the Australian Greens Instagram for the Australian Greens Bluesky for the Australian Greens Privacy Members website Your safety Contact us Our plan Tax the 1% Tackle the cost of living Healthcare for all Fix the housing crisis Strong climate action In your language 2025 policy platform Policy principles & aims Our team Federal MPs State/territory MPs Officeholders Federal portfolios Federal media releases Take action Volunteer Donate Issues & campaigns Upcoming events Greens Shop Leave a bequest Green Magazine All news Our movement About the Greens Become a member Jobs Members website State/territory parties Contact us The Greens acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
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