Alan Jones Flies Over The Great Barrier Reef, Announces That It’s Actually “Fine”

Professor Alan Jones (not really a professor) reckons we should all calm down about the Great Barrier Reef. Speaking on his breakfast radio program live from Cairns, the conservative broadcaster declared that the reef, which has experienced mass bleaching that has wiped out nearly a quarter of its coral, is actually “fine”. He also said that the panic surrounding global warming was the result of scare campaigns from dastardly environmental organisations like Greenpeace and the WWF.

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“Despite the global warming apologists, the world heritage listed Great Barrier Reef is still abundant with unique marine life,” said Jones on Monday. “These global warming alarmists will stop at nothing, and they now want to seize on the Great Barrier Reef as a means to stop coal mining.”

“The Barrier Reef’s fine – there are any number of reputable entities who will be looking after it and making sure it continues to be fine and looked after.”

Countless marine experts, including the government’s own Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, have identified climate change “as one of the greatest threats to the long-term health of the Great Barrier Reef.”

But never mind the so-called scientists with their so-called degrees. Jones has decided that the reef is actually in tip top shape after flying over it in a helicopter. Because obviously, if you can’t see a problem with your own eyes, it mustn’t be there, right?

Following his chopper ride, Jones told The Cairns Post that the damaged section of the reef would “regenerate itself,” adding that “it’s part of the natural way of things.”

Alan Jones talking about reef regeneration. I had no idea he was an ecologist. My mistake https://t.co/e0HAh9mlH3

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During his radio broadcast, Jones heaped praise on the environmental initiatives of former Prime Minister Tony Abbot and his Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt, whose hard work, he said, was being ignored by Green groups who “run a very different agenda.”

“If they can prove there’s an Armageddon on the way, they’ll get money,” Jones said. “Like much associated with the global warming hoax, truth was the casualty.”

Bizarrely, Jones was in Cairns to help launch Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef, a new conservation website set up to help protect the reef. Great job, Jonesy. Great job.

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h/t The Guardian