That's a little Creepy Glenn of you. 🤣🤣

Thanks Dave. So much information in the grey data sphere. Some of the work has been ground-breaking, innovative, and well ahead of its time, but hidden behind Commercial in Confidence BS, never seeing the light of day unless someone on the outside has a "novel idea" and publishes.

Having worked prior to, and during the implementation of the EPBC Act, I do not share your optimism. 😁

I can name one other from personal experience from my neck of the woods as well. To be fair, they are large corporations whose modus operandi demands ethical standards, responsibility, integrity, credibility, consequences only from every one else.

Many thanks, but I respectfully cannot agree. Having lived/worked through the EPBC Act, with all the same nominal intent only to see it corrupted (and quickly), I know this legislation will go down the same path. As was said in the article, "the bar for improvement is low" - subterranean, in my book

Maybe, if we could get all other (non-human) organisms classed as humans, they may get greater protection. 😁

If the big 8 are no longer aligning themselves with evidence, they ought not be considered our 'top' universities.

Very true.

Actually over 2 decades now.

It's been a dirty mine for over a decade (Murrin Murrin). We also came across a whole new species of pygopod (an Aprasia) to western science... it didn't make an iota of difference. Try Victoria Desert.