Not always. Brett Lane and I were consultants to a particular engineering
company on the Mt Todd Gold mine, north of Katherine, NT. We were always
going to tell the truth of what we found, and unhappy with some of the
company's actions, reported them. They lost the consultancy.
However, since then I've seen other PRs and am amazed at some of the guff
written. For example in one such report on Howard Springs near Darwin, one
excuse given for removing the monsoon forest trees edging the pool, was that
vegetation matter was responsible for the high bacterial count in the water.
When that didn't appear to hold up, the report stated that the vegetation
posed a danger to people. Perhaps they were afraid visitors would trip on a
branch or something.
Whatever, it seemed to fit the political motives of the day ie to refocus
the loss in water quality away from the tens of thousands of bores sunk
willy nilly thus dropping the water table by eight metres, to some other
cause.
Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
PO Box 71, Darwin River,
NT 0841
043 8650 835
PhD candidate, SCU
Vice-chair, Wildlife Tourism Australia
On 29/10/13 4:14 PM, "Gary Davidson" <> wrote:
> It is interesting to note that Dr Hull works for Hydro Tasmania. I'm not
> agreeing or disagreeing with her position, because I don't have the
> background, the knowledge, nor the evidence to do so. But I have noted in the
> past, that many of the scientists that try to downplay our influence on the
> environment, such as global warming and oil extraction, for example, are often
> employed by industry! Curious!
> Gary
>
>
>
> On Monday, October 28, 2013 10:18:38 PM, David Clark
> <> wrote:
>
> Interesting article, particularly in relation to the lack of data on other
> causes of bird deaths:
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/5046460?fb_action_id
> s=10202121490456956&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_
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