The Chaser Report Appraising Nemo
Oct 28, 2025
Dive into the absurdity as hosts dissect the $95 billion valuation of the Great Barrier Reef by Deloitte. They explore whether putting a price on nature makes sense and debate if this could motivate action to save it. The satire escalates with ridiculous ideas like renting the reef or using dead coral in construction. With outrageous claims of the reef becoming prime real estate and AI inflating property values, the hosts poke fun at our obsession with monetizing everything, all while delivering laughs and biting commentary on environmental issues.
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Putting A Price On The Reef
- Deloitte valued the Great Barrier Reef at about $95 billion and $9 billion annual generation in their report.
- The hosts question monetizing nature and note Deloitte still calls it 'priceless' despite assigning a dollar value.
Capitalism Turns Beauty Into Numbers
- The hosts frame pricing nature as a symptom of capitalist logic that reduces beauty to exchangeable value.
- They reference the idea 'the price of everything and the value of nothing' to critique this approach.
Money As Environmental Motivation
- The hosts debate whether economic valuation is crass or realistic about motivating action.
- They suggest Australians might only respond to conservation when shown monetary value.