Great video. Thanks Cairnsnews.

Dr Peter Ridd, Adjunct Fellow at the IPA, leading the Project for Real Science, says,
“The gross misrepresentation of the state of the reef is not a victimless crime. Schoolchildren around the world have been indoctrinated to believe the reef is almost finished. The reputation of the Queensland tourist industry’s premier attraction has been smashed in world media. And there are now many pointless but expensive regulations affecting north Queensland farmers including reductions in the use of fertilisers. All because the reef is supposedly in a dire predicament.”
@ipa.org.au/ipa-today/the-reef-is-strong-so-stop-the-scare-campaign

Dr Jennifer Marohasy spoke about the importance of getting the data correct if we are going to have good public policy. (12:53 mark on video)

More from Dr Ridd, “The data also shows that cyclones are the main contributor to temporary coral loss and that bleaching events are comparatively minor. The biggest mortality event was Cyclone Hamish which, in 2009, tracked down the southern and central reefs, and the waves it generated destroyed up to 75 per cent of coral in its path. Hamish was devastating mostly because of its path. And despite what is often stated, cyclones have not got worse in the past century.”

“Old frail people easily can be killed by diseases such as flu that more robust people will easily survive. This is also true for ecosystems. If the reef were on its last legs because of climate change and pollution, it would not recover as strongly from stresses. The decades of AIMS data have shown the reef is strong, resilient and fabulous. We must never take any risks with its future but neither should any institution use scandalous claims of its supposed imminent demise for political purposes.”

“It is time for politicians to ask hard questions about the quality-assurance processes in some of our institutions. I have no doubt that any political party that asked for additional quality assurance of reef science, based on the latest data, would be maligned in much of the media. But the average voter would not think this denialism; it is prudence and common sense.”
@ipa.org.au/ipa-today/the-reef-is-strong-so-stop-the-scare-campaign

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Can’t seem to attach this link properly… (Malcolm Roberts)

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See also Malcolm Roberts on this subject and others… we are being had..

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