{"id":1176,"date":"2015-09-22T15:04:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T05:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2015-09-22T15:05:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T05:05:21","slug":"new-32-million-research-hub-aims-to-improve-great-barrier-reef-water-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/2015\/09\/22\/new-32-million-research-hub-aims-to-improve-great-barrier-reef-water-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"New $32 million research hub aims to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-intro\">A NEW brains trust has been recruited to reverse poor water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, and to help protect the natural asset\u2019s $5.2 billion tourism industry.<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-intro\">Environment Minister Greg Hunt, who is expected to be in Cairns today, will announce 24 innovative research projects to be carried out by the Federal Government\u2019s Tropical Water Quality Hub, aimed at improving coastal water quality and management. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cairnspost.com.au\/news\/cairns\/new-32-million-research-hub-aims-to-improve-great-barrier-reef-water-quality\/story-fnjpusyw-1227537643649\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-intro\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-intro\">PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NEW brains trust has been recruited to reverse poor water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, and to help protect the natural asset\u2019s $5.2 billion tourism industry. Environment Minister &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/2015\/09\/22\/new-32-million-research-hub-aims-to-improve-great-barrier-reef-water-quality\/\" aria-label=\"New $32 million research hub aims to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}