The Great Barrier Reef is not just a marvellous coral environment, set in a huge azure sea, one of the Wonders of the World, an underwater paradise. It's also political hell. Scientifically, the Reef actually starts at the top of the Great Dividing Range, and includes that great swathe of fertile coastal plateau right up to Cape York. Sugar farms, prawn ponds, land clearing, agriculture all muddy the waters and kill the reef. If Queensland doesn't fix it, Canberra will.
Racism is a difficult word, bandied about a bit.
Maybe it's also racist if you do like other people because of their color, language or looks. The Viruses are still here. There's another awful outbreak in Africa. In Australia, bats still carry around that Morbillivirus, now called Hendra. It killed another horse in Cairns early this year.