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Legal loopholes threaten reef, ex-Treasury boss warns

Large scale clearing of native vegetation is threatening the survival of the Great Barrier Reef. (Alison Godfrey/AAP PHOTOS)

The Great Barrier Reef is at risk unless nature law reforms close long-standing deforestation loopholes, warns a prominent economist and environmentalist.

Former Treasury secretary Ken Henry says there is a "strong case" for overhauling federal environmental protections to eliminate flaws that allow widespread clearing of native vegetation.

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