Queensland Farmers` Federation boss`s denial of science sparks call to suspend reef grants
(WorldNews Environment)

The Queensland Farmers´ Federation´s newly elected president once called Great Barrier Reef science `unsubstantiated scaremongering`, which has prompted calls for the suspension of the organisation´s reef foundation grants. The peak body for Queensland farmers, the QFF manages water quality improvement grants from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation totalling $4.6m - among the most awarded to a single organisation under a controversial $443m federal funding deal. Its new president, Bundaberg cane grower Allan Dingle, recently sought to cast doubt on the consensus science that farm pollution is harming the reef. `Much of the science being used to justify the attempted regulation of our region...