Extreme greens are guilty of treason for trying to have the Great Barrier Reef listed as “in danger” by the World Heritage Committee.During a speech in Parliament today, I likened the actions of some extreme green group members to Lord of the Rings character Wormtongue as they seek to “whisper in the ears of the decision-makers and diplomats who have anything to do with UNESCO and the World Heritage Committee, poisoning their minds on the state of the reef”.Despite the significant measures outlined in the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan, there is a band of extreme greens who still want to complain.They belong to groups such as Greenpeace, the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Friends of the Earth, Get Up and the Environmental Defender’s office.Although they spruik concepts such as conservation, they are really about destruction, because they want to destroy our way of life and our biggest industry.The Abbott Government is addressing every concern raised by the extreme green element.They complained about the disposal of capital dredge spoil and that practice is now banned altogether.They complained that the Government was not investing enough money into protection measures, and we’ve announced another $100 million for this purpose.They complained about disposing of capital dredge spoil on the Caley Valley wetland, and that’s not happening now either.They have got what they wanted, and yet they act like Wormtongue from Lord of the Rings, flying overseas and whispering in the ears of the decision-makers and diplomats who have anything to do with UNESCO and the World Heritage Committee, poisoning their minds on the state of the reef.What these eco traitors really want to do is to shut down the coal industry completely and they do not care if it takes a World Heritage Committee label of “in danger” to do it.Such a label on the Great Barrier Reef would have a devastating effect on other industries.It would do enormous damage to the brand of the reef and threaten millions of tourism dollars.It would also threaten major investments in my region.This is outright treachery, and these eco traitors are literally holding the reef to ransom. http://youtu.be/DgzxOPGgk0s