Thread by @SenatorSurfer

Today’s Antarctic announcement from the Morrison Government is a political ploy that provides no certainty for Tasmania’s globally significant science community and is a distraction from the real threat facing the Antarctic: climate change. #auspol #politas

This Liberal Government has a penchant for big announcements and cutting ribbons but not for investing in people and critical science programs. #auspol #politas

The Coalition has spent the last decade ignoring numerous strategic reviews and gutting Tasmania’s contribution to Australian Antarctic science. #auspol #politas

In this parliament, the Liberals have been called out for their lack of coordination and strategic approach in funding Antarctic science programs, causing uncertainty in the Tasmanian science community and fragmenting globally significant Antarctic research. #auspol #politas

In 2016 the Coalition tried to sack 300 scientists, many of them globally significant researchers in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic science based in Tasmania. #auspol #politas

All the runways, machines, boats, and buildings amount to nothing unless you invest in the people utilising them, and the scientific programs they are needed for. #auspol #politas

Science is the currency of the Antarctic Treaty and if Scott Morrison wants to secure Australia’s leadership role in the region he should properly fund Tasmanian scientific efforts. #auspol #politas

If you want to act on security and on protecting Antarctica then act on the biggest threat this region faces: climate change. Take real action to stop warming oceans and unstable ice sheets, and act on the loss of krill and biodiversity. #auspol #politas

The Government’s dismal track record speaks for itself. Don't be conned by yet another big election promise from a Government facing defeat at the polls. #auspol #politas