$180M for NSW Marine Management

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 20: A surfer rides a wave at Maroubra beach on April 20, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Coogee, Maroubra and Clovelly beaches in Randwick council reopened today for exercise only. Several beaches in Sydney's Eastern suburbs were closed March 28, after large crowds were seen gathering at Bondi Beach despite social distancing orders in place to slow the spread of COVID-19. Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

The New South Wales (NSW) government will commit $180 million to marine management, which will see funding of projects for multiple coastal communities overcoming recent natural disasters.

The funding is for the final six years of the government’s decade-long Marine Estate Management Strategy and will be handed down as part of the NSW budget next Tuesday.