Australia's science academy attacks 'cherrypicking' of Great Barrier Reef research

Senate inquiry told that misrepresentation and selective use of science is dangerous

Australia's peak scientific institution has told an inquiry into the reliability of Great Barrier Reef science that it is "greatly concerned" over a trend to cherrypick and misrepresent scientific evidence.

In a submission to a Senate inquiry, the Australian Academy of Science's president, Prof John Shine, wrote that selective use of science and misrepresentations were "dangerous" and would lead to "poor outcomes".