US EditionFederal Government Announces $14 Million for Toxic Algae Relief
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, JUL 20 – The $14 million federal funding matches South Australia's contribution to support science, industry relief, and community clean-up amid an algal bloom covering 4,500 sq km, officials said.
- On Friday, South Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to declare the algal bloom a `national disaster`, highlighting urgency with `We don't hold the hoses, mate`.
- Since March 2025, karenia mikimotoi algae has been spreading from Goolwa on the Fleurieu Peninsula to Adelaide and Yorke Peninsula, about 250 km from initial detection.
- Reports show beaches shuttered as thousands of marine creatures wash ashore, causing environmental damage and disrupting the tourism, fishing, and aquaculture industries.
- Federal Minister for Environment and Water Murray Watt on Monday promised $14 million, calling the event `very serious for South Australians` while omitting a formal declaration.
- A key contention remains classifying the bloom as a natural disaster, which federal government has stopped short of declaring, with state leaders urging change.
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Federal funding to combat SA's algal bloom
The federal government has pledged a one-off 14-million-dollar assistance package for South Australia which is in the grips of a months-long toxic algal bloom. Environment Minister Murray Watt called it a 'very serious environmental event' but has resisted calls to declare the outbreak a natural disaster.
·Sydney, Australia
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