Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority director quits over potential conflict of interest

Margie McKenzie’s diving company was subcontracted to perform crown-of-thorns starfish removal work

A board director of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has resigned following reports of a potential conflict of interest over the allocation of publicly-funded contracts to control crown-of-thorns starfish.

Margie McKenzie told the environment minister, Melissa Price, of her plan to resign late last week over “perceived concerns of a conflict of interest”.

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