Mad/manipulative scientists?? When a swamp is defined as Great Barrier Reef 

Since they couldn't prove that the pesticides were reaching the Great Barrier Reef, it was clear that the Great Barrier Reef would need to come to the pesticides.

Whenever the word 'consensus' is use with 'science', you know it's not science, it's political...

One of the best educational science channels on the internet. Well done Peter on blowing the lid of government sponsored corrupt science.

as a scientist I have a question: how can a politician that never had a real job in his useless life spend 500M a year for nothing?

I like your sense of humour Peter, EXCELLENT

In regards to the weeds problem. This is also a good reason not to be putting wind turbines into Queensland's highlands. Once you break the canopy and heavy machinery moves in, so do the weeds. Many of these highland locations contain endemic plant species that could be at risk if the weeds take over.

Thank you dr ridd for sticking it to these idiots

Common sense and facts from you as usual Dr Ridd. THANKYOU.

When I first moved from Sydney to Western Queensland in 1978 - on Sydney Tv - the Midday show was at that time carrying on about the end of the Kangaroo in Australia. When I arrived out in Western Queensland; the country side was literally jumping with roo. I must also relate here, at that time, the Great Barrier Reef was also dying. Both events from my observations appear to be untruth. Although I must admit to my seditious thoughts; I think we have been sold a load of bullshit; that keeps a great number of bludgers in well paying jobs......

I'm approaching 70 and well remember my tears around age 8 when I learned the reef was doomed. On its last legs then gone forever. I now wonder how many scientists have received a lifetime of wages for continuing their home-made myth.

This is a level of fraud I could never have imagined. Will be showing this in my class.

It's good to see a genuine environmentalist with a sense of humour.

Hopefully the sea level will rise enough to get those "land corals" back under water!

If they define inland wetlands as part of the GBR how on earth can they justify not spending any money on the pigs which are clearly destroying those costal wetlands?

Thanks, Peter. Most people are ignorant of the impact of feral and invasive species, especially plants. Plants are at the foundation of the food chain, exchanging the sun's energy into higher life forms. Changing the make-up of vegetation has a huge impact on the natural balance of an ecosystem. The problem with change is that each generation looks at the wilds of our landscapes with new eyes, ignorant of the impacts of the past. An example: even the renowned George Negus was called out when he referred to a north Queensland rainforest as pristine when, in fact, it had been logged twice before. This is the problem when the population becomes urbanised they can easily see a newly installed set of traffic light but can't identify that beautiful bush flower as a weed. Without positive change, it's the same old same old apathy to the real needs of the environment. Cheers

I can remember hearing this about 20 years ago regarding farming affecting the reef and believed it, sort of. Always thought it wasn't close enough to the coast, good to hear it said.

Brilliant irony. Well done Dr Ridd!

Please keep up with your excellent work . Thank you Peter.

Peter once again helping us challenge that 2+2=5. Thanks Peter

Thanks for taking a stand against the climate comos.

Peter, keep 'em coming. Always a good laugh. From an ex-Townsvillean.

Oh boy!! I went looking for some info about the reef under your name Peter. Hooly dooly, you have been through the ringer mate! Thank you for standing up in our corrupted judicial system. All the way to the high court. (You know, and see whats going on) You are a good man Dr Peter Ridd.

Took my wife of 30 years out to clear a hill of lantana on our first date. Clearing it from our family's reef property out near childers. That stuff is messing up the reef.

The reef sits on top of dead coral. Coral that wasn’t there 10000 years ago and has grown and died, with sea level and climate change, in that short time to create the GBR. That’s a reflection of its dynamic and resilient nature.

Peter, this is 100% your best video so far! As someone whos worked with Qld commercial fishermen for 20 years and represented industry to go ernment, I thank you gor your tireless and fearless advocacy. Hooefully a new dtate LNP givernment will get the quality assurance ball rolling!

Am I mistaken, or is "dead coral" what we in Florida (I am a retired highway engineer) call "Limerock"? Something that forms the "spine" of our peninsula and is mined extensively for aggregate for road base and making concrete. We still have the only surviving coral reefs in the Florida Keys were over forty years ago I was a young engineer working on the Keys Bridge Replacement Program. Pretty good for a kid who grew up in Tassie.

Ironic: pigs in the left and greens ignore pigs in real life

Thanks, Dr. Ridd. Please keep us up to date as you do 🇦🇺👍

Pig damage on the land-coral-reefs must be stopped, NOW! We are angered, enraged, provoked, ired, inflamed, furious, exploding !

Well done, Peter

I believe the Great Barrier Reef is known to most politicians as an "off shore account".

That’s the first place I thought of when you said land based coral, the basalt wall and Big Bend. We used to hunt pigs around that area and see coral and shells everywhere which I thought was pretty interesting.

The point about feral pigs causing real measurable damage while getting next to no media, and thus political, attention is critical. It's similar to the concern for CO2 emissions. I wonder just what other genuinely environmentally damaging practices are going on under our noses while attention is focused on CO2.

Love a good road trip, this was a clever video😊

excellent educational video, pity most people won't see it.

Lantana is also an invasive here in Florida, although we have a native variety as well. Other unwelcome Australians are Melaleuca, Casuarina and Cane Toads. Floridians call Casuarina "Australian Pine" and some of them actually like them. The State, however, considers them a nuisance and has embarked on a program to eliminate them in State Parks and Forests. There are also state programs designed to limit the spread of Cane Toads.

Brilliant presentation. Thank you

I love your work Peter Ridd!

excellent........

Thank you for your work Peter

Thanks mate but I'm afraid your humour will be wasted on the majority, who probably don't follow you anyhow. History has proven when an organization or govt dept depend on taxpayer funding to grow, naturally they will always be confronting a crisis, or anticipating a crisis to justify their needs. The housing crisis, domestic violence crisis, climate crisis, energy crisis, housing crisis etc etc etc are all examples of self interest for one or more govt departments. Hence GBRMPA ( Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority) and the CSIRO and colluding to mislead the public and defraud the taxpayer by creating an environmental crisis. Naturally they need to promote their cause and spread alarm and concern so we provide the ABC to aid and abet them. Meanwhile the real issue of the rising water table, feral pigs, wild dogs and feral cats destroying our food production escalates without any mention. We've got an election in a few days but will anything change.

Thanks Peter, keep up the good work in exposing the hypocrisy from supposedly respected environmental departments

Nah, nah, nah mate it's simple - once upon a time, when the sea level was 200 metres lower, there was dry land right out to where the Great Barrier Reef is now. Because of global warning the tide came in. A lot. Youre' welcome from New Zealand

What is particularly sad and dangerous: invasive weeds taking over large areas in Queensland. No attempts from authorities to eradicate them - only "population education".

Best Aussie RU-vid channel, well produced too!

This would make for a great satirical topic for Pauline Hanson's cartoon series. Faux Greens environmentalism

Thanks Doc and keep it up ,I mean if they were so concerned about the health of the land In relation to the sea , yep clean up the weeds and pests They don’t even need a boat

Great Doco, mate!

Never thought crown of thorns starfish could get that far inland? but there you go! I think I might identify as a scientist and apply for a research grant into it! Government will be throwing money at me!

I grew up in area called Topaz….saw cassowaries all the time……at the same time young blokes were out just about every weekend hunting pigs on state land…..the government stopped all access because they were concerned about dogs getting native wildlife….it may happened but rarely…..same wildlife had been dealing with dingoes for eons…..now you go to the same area and if you are REAL lucky you might see 1 cassowary,or at least a cassowary turd…..feral pigs smash up the eggs and young….favourite tucker…a cassowary could fight off one pig,but not a handful….

Most people will never see the reef at all. Of those that do go out, most will be on tourist boats to heavily visited and degraded areas. Even fewer will see reef that hasn't been hammered by day trips.

You, are pretty awesome Peter. Thank you

As I remember, in 2008 two of the top environmental scientists (😄)The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong 😁, visiting the Great Barrier Reef. To make their "assessment" I think?😅 That's why all priorities set wrong...

This is great news for the fine community of Calen! They can now build a tourism campaign, "visit the heart of the Great Brrier Reef!"😂😂😂

Got the leyland brothers road trip start. Good evidence based science which govt conceal.

I watched the same patch of coral grow 3 feet in 2 years after recovering from cyclone Debbie.

That was a good watch, sounds like you all have some relatives of our Govt down there..l ove from UK

I’m hearing you mate. I’ve totally given up on a lot of environmental doom and gloom these days now as an older guy i have been listening to it for years and rarely is it anywhere near the catastrophic situation it’s being dishonestly portrayed and exaggerated as. It’s a shame because when it actually is legitimate a lot of people are not going to support it as the “cry wolf” effect has lost them so much credibility. The world is full of anxious emotionally unstable people these days who are really not well educated for the station of influence they hold and pedal their rampant insecurities to the other dumbass sheeple. Never have so many hopelessly unworthy people held so many responsible positions across western society.

Keep up the good work. When I was in law school in the US decades ago, we we're taught in Tort that at some point the initial action can't be shown to be affecting something or someone too far removed. Are you sure that your Great Barrier Reef doesn't extend to San Diego or even the Salton Sea? Sorry about your ferals problem. Don't try to explain your feral cat problem to any US Cat Lady or Cat man. I've tried and they can't get their heads around it. When I told them you folks have to knock off a couple of million a year to keep your beautiful birds from disappearing, they pass out and their heads explode.

Thankyou I needed that

Everything is inter-connected, including swamps and the reef and we do need to be aware of that, open-mindedly, with no ideologies involved, just with honest empirical science.

Brilliant thanks! Like hearing the truth... Aussie Attenborough...

@1:55 Pretty sneaky indeed! Wicked, Tricksy, False! hahahaha

Great channel. Been enjoying this since I found it two weeks ago.

I have scuba dived at some of those reefs. Damn sweaty business with all that gear on, crab walking everywhere.

I guess you've been invited to discuss this with the King this week? He got a bit testy on his last visit when someone challenged his view on chemical runoff and the Reef. I like the King, but he keeps seriously bad company on the environment. I'll bet his farm tenants roll their eyes at times.

Ban rooting on the land reef!

Great video Peter.

Hey mate love your work.Just sitting on the veranda looking down the river at the bend “Bigbend”.Its a massive machine of people fluffin around trying to look busy and justify there existence and they just keep pumping more of them out of uni.How many marine biologists do we need ?

I watched this out of confused curiosity the other day. (Link not shown) What do you think about this combined single living organism. Just thought I would mention it as it seamed on topic. The GBR and surrounds are a "Superorganism"? Does this make the entirety of the Australian continent also a Superorganism? > Maybe I am old, but I used to call this an ecosystem, not a single organism.

Hey Mr Albo-Sleazy give me taxpayer money and I'll save the reef from the purple slime or whatever I say ails it! This video will probably go over the head of the average woke environmentalist!

Nice Easter egg, Malcom Douglas tune :)

Faaaaaar King BRILLIANT 😂👍🏼

Brilliantly documented Peter...........sarcasm style.

❤ the ode to MD.

Last I heard the Great Barrier reef was considered to be growing... I've also seen NASA scientists suggest that we are 20% greener (from space) than we were 25 years ago or something like that... This should be interesting.

The destruction of fresh water coral reefs in the Dallas Fort Worth area lakes has been horrendous. They tumbled down the Trinity river into the Gulf of Mexico and lodge themselves off the Yucatan peninsula. They're now threatening to block the flow of the Great Gulf Stream, leaving Britain to freeze and cat-5 cyclones to form and spin the wrong way against the Coriolis effect.

Wow i was in townsville in 1984. Went up to green island were they already painted coral to set back out so tourist womt destroy more😢. I loved the beautiful life in queensland. The whole of australia was terrific. I hitch hiked all around. Friendliness all around

Were they the crown of thorn sus scrofa damaging the inland reefs?

Loved the music homage.

just be careful to use a handbrake so you won't be crushed by the landie.

We also have rainforest problems in Australia, and I think every country has a lot of these problems, we have money for that, but the real ecology is in decline. I enjoy how scientists say it was the worst bleaching in history, but no one said that corals have increased their tolerance by 1 degree Celsius since 1980. Or that zooxanthellae adapt gradually as the water warms by exposure to heat by adjusting pigmentation. Science proves resilience but we're like kids and we're afraid of bogeymen.

If you put enough saltwater around that maple leaf, you could grow a reef

So the GBR is suffering from fish breath? Sadly, 0 is the best score I can give to whosoever came up with that theory.

Very well said.

God bless you Ir

That's awesome, I always wanted to see the barrier reef and now I don't have to get on a boat it's heaps more doable. Can you please make a new part of Uluru closer to me, thanks.

Swamp starts in Canberra. Runs through Ultimo.

lovely landrover, we should do something about all those weeds on the *new reef*, also im not much a fan of atrozine, but thats because it turns frogs from blokes into shela's

I identify as the Prime Minister of Australia. Don't worry fellas I'll get this mess sorted before smoko

It is all interconnected and ends up in the same spot though - the oceans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The contamination just doesn't magically disappear it just dilutes !!!!!! I have noticed degradation of the reefs and fish numbers over the many years. It is quite sad to see many wetlands being destroyed day by day.

Well said

That’s stretching it a bit. It’s like saying if I put a fence post in two inches to the left it might impact the US elections.

I guess when your job relies on the reef being in peril economically this all makes sense

Pretty thin . How many kilometres inland?

I remember this story way back when. That pigs,not just pigs, as being not native are destructive. Killing everything. New sealand has stories i think

The annual 500 million to "save the Barrier Reef" reminds me of money poured into those government 'changing social attitudes' ad campaigns. Useless, but the government can boast about how much they've spent in solving the problem. They could put that money on a horse and at least stand SOME chance of getting a result!

Don't go away now ! Contemporary grants will dictate the outcome, never mind science. Saw that during the Sarscov2 'Pandemic'.

Brilliant

The common wild pig found on the great barrier reef