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The Australien Government has made an ad about how it makes everything good, shit - and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

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Not many people have heard of #GISERA - the alliance between five of Australia's biggest gas/fracking companies, and the #CSIRO, our trusted and beloved science agency.

But hopefully that's about to change now (*checks views on the YouTube video*)

And that's a good thing coz it's wildly concerning when Govts allow scientific agencies to be infiltrated, & parasitised by companies with an interest in playing down the harmful effects of gas/fracking on environment, our health and emissions - in the middle of a climate crisis

The scariest thing is that many govt scientists say they're unable to freely communicate their research fndings to the public; or to speak out about this bullshit for fear of losing their funding, or even their jobs. abc.net.au/news/science/2…

So I thought we should lend them a hand. Coz at a time like this, we need our scientists to be able to do their jobs freely 👩‍🔬✊👨‍🔬

Also fuck the gas industry we're in a climate crisis and they should have no social license to expand let alone the ability to stack CSIRO research boards with their company executives: shttps://gisera.csiro.au/research-independence/national-research-management-committee/

As always I've based this video on the research of folks who've worked hard for years on this issue, and I want to share some of it with you so you know who to follow. Especially @MarkOgge from @TheAusInstitute whose reports shine a spotlight on GISERA: australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/upl…

Thanks to Mark for also bringing to my attention the consequences of this shitfuckery: here's our Govt using GISERA's work under cover of the CSIRO logo to make bullshit claims like this (see Mark's report above to understand why it's bs).
minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/pitt….

Naomi @NaomiHoges and the @LockTheGate crew have done so much valuable work digging up dirt on dodgy gas companies in the NT, NSW and elsewhere. If you haven't already check out some of Lock the Gate's work here:
lockthegate.org.au/gas_spending

And Sandi Keane @Jarrapin via @MichaelWestBiz has done such excellent work covering the shitfuckery at the Bureau of Meteorology - make sure to check out her article featuring emails obtained via FOI showing all the redactions michaelwest.com.au/undue-influenc…

Plus Sandi's latest work on "climate attribution science" which meteorological services around the world have adopted - but no so with the BoM michaelwest.com.au/zero-attributi…

I'll be back next week with the podcast companion for this HGA where we'll discuss this shitfuckery in more detail: thejuicemedia.com/podcast/

Meanwhile, Ellen is editing the PG version right now, so keep an eye on our Teachers page in a about an hour or so! thejuicemedia.com/honest-governm…

Big thanks to @bennarama for legal advice on this one; as well as others who shall not be named. And a huge thanks to Brent @yahtzio for staying up late and crafting the beautiful BoM weather animations 🙏👏🌞

And as always, thank you to all our Patrons who make it possible for us to do this work. If you value what we do, and can afford to, please give our Patreon some love patreon.com/thejuicemedia

🚨 BTW: Important to mention the day before we published, Victoria lifted the moratorium on "conventional" gas. Whilst it's awesome that fracking has been permanently banned here, there's more shitfuckery on the horizon so sign up here to stay up to date:
drillwatch.org.au

Oh and PS: you can turn on captions by clicking the CC button on your video player! 👍