THIS is one of MANY reasons why you do not need a bunch of self-interested Liberal or Labor politicians running this country!
Internal CSIRO correspondence reveals the science agency was pushed to formally accept the Federal Government’s approval of Adani’s water plans in a single afternoon.
Internal CSIRO correspondence explicitly shows the agency went out of its way to avoid giving any categorical scientific advice on Adani’s plans.
A letter from the CSIRO to the environmental department noted other concerns were yet to be addressed.
The emails obtained by the ABC also show how rushed the CSIRO was to provide its “formal assent” to the department.
Despite the Government saying Australia’s top science agencies “confirmed” Adani’s water plans had “met strict scientific requirements”, the emails show CSIRO was determined not to give a “categoric” response.
The correspondence obtained by the ABC through freedom of information laws exposes further discrepancies between what the Government said about the assessment of Adani’s environmental plans, and what actually occurred.
The newly uncovered emails follow hand-written notes from Geoscience Australia, obtained by the ABC in April, showing Adani refused to accept several of its recommendations, counter to what the Government said at the time.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-14/adani-csiro-emails-foi-melissa-price/11107276