$36b for submarines, but just $100m for the reef

By Ian Cooper
Updated April 10 2015 - 2:10pm, first published 12:00am

THE federal government continually reminds us that we are living beyond our means while they grapple with a budget deficit worsened by plummeting global iron ore prices.

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