Greens Senator Larissa Waters wants governments to extend plans to ban the dumping of commercial dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef to include spoil from ongoing maintenance dredging.

Environment spokeswoman Jackie Trad said Labor would legislate to ban dumping commercial dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef if it won office.

UNESCO has declared the Great Barrier Reef should not be deemed "in danger". Credit:PHOTOLIBRARY

The LNP is seeking federal government support for a move to place dredge spoil from the GVK project in wetlands near Abbot Point and hopes to hear back by March.