High Court To Decide On Peter Ridd Free Speech Case
The Institute of Public Affairs has today welcomed the historic judgement of the High Court in the case of James Cook University (JCU) v Peter Ridd, which has given Dr Peter Ridd special [...]
Interview Lindsay Hackett
Name: Lindsay Hackett Residence: Macleay Island Qld Country: Australia What is your background? I am a scientist with a B.Sc (Melb) as well as being an engineer CEng(UK) with 21 years as [...]
University Appeal Upheld, Peter Ridd Loses – We all Lose
Reposted from Jennifer Marohasy’s website On 2 May 2018, Professor Peter Ridd was sacked by James Cook University for serious misconduct. It all started when he called-out his colleague Terry Hughes for falsely [...]
Peter Ridd’s fight for academic freedom
This week the Federal Court appeal hearing took place for the case of Peter Ridd, Australian scientist, who was fired by his university after he had criticized Great Barrier Reef science. Australian scientist [...]
There is no climate emergency
A global network of 900 scientists and professionals has prepared this urgent message. Climate science should be less political, while climate policies should be more scientific. Scientists should openly address uncertainties and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming, while politicians should dispassionately count the real costs as well as the imagined benefits of their policy measures.