Could drinking beer save the Great Barrier Reef? The unlikely marriage of hedonism and philanthropy seems quintessentially Australian. But the germ of this fledgling local “good beer movement” began a decade ago in Britain, where James Grugeon had his first inkling of opening a “social enterprise beer company”.

Environmentalists and concerned citizens are up in arms over a proposal to unload coal at the Great Barrier Reef. According to environmental experts, such actions will put the marine life of the Great Barrier Reef in danger and cause great damage to the ecosystem.