UNSW peddling false scientific claims - caught in pay-off scandal ...
The pastoralist nephew of one of Queensland's richest men believes he was "crucified" by false scientific claims that he had been developing his property to take water illegally from the last free-flowing river in the Murray-Darling Basin.
The University of NSW has admitted the research accusing Jake Berghofer was funded by opponents of irrigation development, and has been forced to back away from the findings by some of its most senior scientists.
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Queensland Natural Resources Minister Craig Wallace said there were no breaches of the Paroo River agreement and that Mr Berghofer had done nothing wrong.
Richard Kingsford, who oversaw the study, conceded that the irrigation works identified on the property might have been legal, and that the agreement might not have been breached.
"That could be the case but I think there is still a potential breach," Professor Kingsford said. "Even if it's legal, we still should be concerned about irrigation in the only Murray-Darling system river that is undeveloped."
Professor Kingsford said the study was funded by the NSW-based Australian Floodplain Association, a fierce critic of irrigation upstream in the Queensland sector of the Murray-Darling Basin.
Cheque-book research ...
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 9:36 AM
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Richard Kingsford
Awards and Citations
2004: National Banksia Award Environmental Leadership in the Community for work in the development of the Paroo River Agreement
2004: National Banksia Award in Bush, Land and Waterways for work in the development of the Paroo River Agreement
And soon:
2009: Award for dodgy research paid for by interests groups.
What a joke!
12:50 PM, January 13, 2009
What a surprise. You'd be forgiven for thinking this was inevitable. When the council's so-called expert from UNSW came to Toowoomba in 2005 and told us all to drink recycled water, it didn't take too long for the blogs to turn up that he was still consulting to the US giant who wanted to build the recycled sewage plant. It looks like more of the same. Academics allowing themselves to be used by interest groups. Integrity down the toilet!
4:05 PM, January 13, 2009
"Even if it's legal, we still should be concerned about irrigation in the only Murray-Darling system river that is undeveloped."
That's an ass-covering statement if ever there was one.
7:15 PM, January 13, 2009
Wettalla pipe line - still hoping for the approval of a recycling plant by Toowoomba Regional Council
10:22 PM, January 13, 2009
???
10:05 AM, January 14, 2009
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