The federal government will spend $1 billion over the next nine years to help manage the reef, after the Commonwealth successfully lobbied UNESCO to delay a decision listing the site as "in danger".

Indonesia has climbed from Australia's fifth-largest trading partner to its fourth largest in the past financial year.

Shanna Whan almost died of addiction seven years ago when she lay unconscious, bruised and bleeding, at the bottom of stairs at home and then found herself in hospital.

No countries have signed up in the six months since the program was launched.

Boarding schools have lobbied the government to change the definition of a close contact for boarders and classify boarding staff as essential workers.

Certified "grass-fed beef" gets an additional $1 per kilogram in the US market, of which half goes back to the grower.

Murrumbidgee infrastructure upgrade under fire from environment groups

Around $40 million of federal and state government money will be spent on combating pests and weeds to reduce the impact on agriculture and the environment.

"We've given them real, credible, tangible information and they've done nothing about it."

The new methods cover blue carbon, plantation forestry, abatement from industrial and commercial processes, and biomethane.