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By the decision and it came out of nowhere and was a backflip on previous assurances that this step would not be taken. she said that she will strongly oppose this all the way through. the unesco report does cite that there are water quality targets that were not met for the reef and that is the reason behind this decision. it's funny because it's almost counterintuitive, isn't it? you would think if it has gone from poor to very poor it's even more important to keep it on the world heritage list in terms of its protection, so i imagine the australian government sees something behind this, not...

Unesco is recommending that the great barrier reef be listed in danger due to climate change. but australia is strongly opposed saying it spent billions of dollars to protect the reef and the country is appealing that recommendation. ivan watson is following this from hong kong. why is australia pushing back on this? >> reporter: this is unusual, a government like australia taking aim at unesco with the environment ministry accusing unesco of a back flip and of surprising the australian government by trying to put -- proposing to put the great barrier reef on a list of endangered world heritag...

Courtney bembridge. the environment minister susan ley said she was blindsided by the decision and it came out of nowhere and was a backflip on previous assurances that this step would not be taken. she said that she will strongly oppose this all the way through. the unesco report does cite that there are water quality targets that were not met for the reef and that is the reason behind this decision. it's funny because it's almost counterintuitive, isn't it? you would think if it has gone from poor to very poor it's even more important to keep it on the world heritage list in terms of its pro...

Path forward that includes republicans? we did hear from senator bill cassidy who voted for the commission. he said he really wants to see republicans involved with this, that it's the only way that can be fair and be the appropriate way forward but is there a path forward that can include republicans, do you think? >> well, there are two things revealed there, leader mccarthy set forward representative catko to negotiate a bipartisan commission free of political taint. when the representative did that, he then did a back flip and said no. what this also reveals is the failure of the filibuste...

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