NSW ecosystem degradation and science suppression
Mass fish kills as “natural events”.

The government is “elected to bring better decision-making and transparency to government in this state and that is what we are delivering across primary industries and regional development” Tara Moriarty, spokesperson for the NSW agriculture minister

“The public gets to hear the messages the department wants to tell them...There’s still a really strong culture of suppressing science and limited sharing of information within the public service."

"Even though scientists are supposed to be independent, there’s often pressure to stay silent on some research results...They "use PR narratives to shape the message into something they believe is palatable”.

“The environment would be much better off and our democracy would be stronger if we were able to share information about the state of our environment freely. Then people can vote after being fully informed about how government is managing the environment.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/21/murray-darling-basin-fishing-degradation

The ESA documents science suppression in Australia
https://www.ecolsoc.org.au/science-suppression/

Consequences of information suppression in ecological and conservation sciences
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.12757

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