Retired Great Barrier Reef scientist and researcher Dr Peter Ridd has challenged Premier David Crisafulli to check the science regarding the reef which well-funded reef research bodies have been demonising for a decade in order to attract more research grants.
Crisafulli has refused to accept overwhelming evidence that the health of the reef is the best it has ever been with record coral coverage, contrary to claims by the Australian Institute of Marine Science and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
Incredulously the Queensland Government dished out $330 million on top of $91.8m handed over by the Federal Labor Government in 2025-26.
Spokesman for the Australian Environment Foundation, Dr Ridd, said the Check the Science campaign has moved to a new phase “now that we have a refusal by Crisafulli, and support from Nationals leader Matt Canavan and Senator Malcolm Roberts. (see video below)
“The AEF is starting a fundraiser to raise funds to publisize the CTS idea and also be highly critical of Crisafulli for being intransigent. We will be pointing out that the political landscape has changed in the last year, and Crisafulli is doing little, and diligently looking after Labor laws.”
According to Biodiversity Council Australia AIMS secured the vast majority (roughly 84%) of all federal biodiversity research funding. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority was given $34.9m.
Unchecked science was seriously affecting the future of different industries particularly agriculture which is the the most over-regulated industry in the nation.
“Governments have been making regulations that have been smashing our farmers based on unchecked science,” Dr Ridd said.
Appearing on Sky News, Nationals leader Matt Canavan agreed, saying that checking the science “is what science is all about.”
One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts pointed out that fishing, forestry and water have been almost shut down due to dodgy science.
“When science is distorted and misrepresented it imposes needless, damaging costs on individuals and society as a whole. Almost every major problem in Australia starts with federal or state parliaments ignoring, or worse, deliberately contradicting reliable data,” Senator Roberts said.
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Pardon error, comment above was for Katter article.
Per population Oz has biggest public service globally, along with highest housing prices. A win win for banks and those on the government tit. Locals aren’t lazy to do the work, it’s just cheaper to have backpackers. Doesn’t matter tptb can import fruit and veg from third world!
Beyond tragic what’s been done here as we’re replaced.
If its in the little green book of eco-BS it wields the same power as Mao’s little red book. So far the green movement has razed thousands of hectares of land for toxic unrecyclable panels and turbine junk from China. Nothing ‘green’ about it considering this junk is from the most highly industrialised country on Earth who don’t fall for the carbon games either.
BS fertilizer is all greens have proven to be good for and could actually be employed usefully in that regard as their deindustrialization of Oz chooks come home to roost. As we the people just serve them now, the politicians are now only one final ‘lockdown’ away from complete control. The traps are set on speech and any anti ZOG talk at your peril. Only a complete removal of the invalid government can regain all our human and common law rights they stole in 73. ‘They’ own Oz and next lock down its all over. The Commonwealth must be restored, next steps a totalitarian republic.
Swissy’s “World Meteorological Organisation” is a huge building in Geneva opened in 1999, before that the climate study place was – can you believe – in Davos !!! About 100 years old or whatever. This is where the bullshit is generated and it is pushed along by creepy “experts” who are on the government teat. Bob Katter told everyone at least 10 years ago the reef was only damaged by runoff not climate. John Howard appointed “climate ambassadors” to get the press off his case and one of these types of creatures was Tim Flannery who used to cringe and shy away anytime there was a camera around, he has been on the teat since the early 2000’s, working hard for Swissy and being paid for by you & me, but he is not the only one, just the silliest one. What can you do with a science degree when the governments shut everything down except mining and bio-labs.
I can recall that the GBReef was assigned/handed to the United Nations to manage years ago when it was so called dying ?? Can anyone recall this?