<div>Great Barrier Reef: former board member describes $444m grant as 'unthinkable'</div>

Michael Myer says size of grant ‘unheard of’ as Josh Frydenberg refuses to say where idea originatedThe environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, would not say whose idea it was to award a $444m government grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, on the same day a former member of the foundation’s board described the allocation as “unthinkable”. Michael Myer, of the Myer family, was a member of the reef foundation’s board from 2001 to 2004 until he became concerned at what he called the growing “corporatist” direction of the organisation. Related: Reefgate part two: the plot (and the water) thickens, starring Brenda the Antifa Penguin | First Dog on the Moon Related: 'It stinks': $444m grant to reef foundation is a scandal, Greens say Related: Head of reef foundation says $444m grant was 'complete surprise' Continue reading...