A marine scientist was unlawfully sacked by James Cook University in north Queensland for criticising his colleagues' research on the impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia has ruled.after being issued with a number of warnings for comments he made about a lead coral researcher and for telling Sky TV that organisations like the Australian Institute of Marine Science could"no longer be trusted".
Dr Ridd told the ABC he was"very happy" with the judgment as it had vindicated everything he had done. "Even if someone is saying something unpopular, if you have a scientist or other academic speaking — especially on the matter related to their expertise — then they have a right to represent unpopular opinions, even if some people find it annoying," Mr Bonnell said.In a statement, JCU Provost Professor Chris Cocklin disagreed with the judge and said the university was"considering its options".
Common sense prevails - finally. auspol jamescookuniversity
An expert in his field is sacked for expressing his researched opinion. At the same time Tim Flannery with no expertise in his field is made Australian of year for expressing his non researched and proven wrong opinion. Wonder which one is pro global warming and which not ? Ha
Poor thing, turns out being not at sea has left him all at sea
Finally someone who questioned climate change isn't silenced.
Some perspective:
Must be killing TheirABC to report this.