Greens propose Flat Earth Commissioner after Libs call for climate science inquiry

The Australian Greens have responded to reports of a Liberal push for an Inquiry into the scientific evidence behind man-made climate change by suggesting the government also establishes a Flat Earth Commissioner, to inquire “into the roundness or otherwise of the Earth.”

 

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“If they still think the existence of human-caused global warming is up for debate, then maybe we should go right back to whether the earth is round or flat,” said Greens Deputy Leader and climate change spokesperson, Senator Larissa Waters on Thursday.

“The Government has already established a Wind Farm Commissioner to look into a syndrome that no credible health body or medical journal in the world thinks exists. A Flat Earth Commissioner could play an equally useful role.”

The Greens’ satirical motion, clearly designed to ridicule the ultra-conservative and climate sceptic Liberal core, also suggests the PM’s business advisor, Maurice Newman, should appear before the Inquiry to discuss whether the ‘round Earth theory’ is in fact a UN hoax.


“To give the Inquiry the scientific gravitas it deserves, perhaps Martin Ferguson could come out of retirement,” Waters adds.

We just hope the government gets that it’s a joke… stranger things have happened.

Comments

11 responses to “Greens propose Flat Earth Commissioner after Libs call for climate science inquiry”

  1. Beat Odermatt Avatar
    Beat Odermatt

    I am sure that Tony Abbott, Nick Xenophon and other politicians willing to fight the wind would support such proposal. Tony Abbott is riding bicycles and I am sure he is greatly concerned to know where the edge of earth is. We would not any of these good simple minded people going ‘over the edge”.

    1. David Boxall Avatar
      David Boxall

      Is “over the edge” anything like “round the bend”? I fear you might be too late for Abbott.

    2. Matt Schlutz Avatar
      Matt Schlutz

      Best comment ever!

  2. Chris Fraser Avatar
    Chris Fraser

    I suspect you can only earn gravitas by joint chairing the Committee. I was considering the joint-chairs could be Lord Monckton, Dick Warburton, Maurice Newman, and Alan Jones. What an esteemed, august group of eminent scientists you could have there !

  3. Errol Harwood Avatar
    Errol Harwood

    What is this joke business. How dare you challenge the combined intellect of Tony Abbott, Greg Hunt, Dick Warburton, Maurice Newman and Alan Jones. This business of challenging the facts that the Earth is flat, that Wind Turbines will kill us all and that Coal will save mankind is tantamount to being UnAustralian and all guilty parties need to be banished and denied Australian citizenship. Get to it ASIO

    1. disqus_3PLIicDhUu Avatar
      disqus_3PLIicDhUu

      Unstrayan, Your with us or against us!!

  4. Duncan Fell Avatar
    Duncan Fell

    Those who look to science for answers should never mock nor stifle scientific inquiry. They should always support it if they feel confident in the results it will produce.

    1. bpnjensen Avatar
      bpnjensen

      This is generally true, but in the case of the Liberal’s inquiry, it is nothing more than a witch hunt designed to cast aspersions on science that has been beaten into the ground for almost two centuries now. A delay tactic at best, it would be ultra redundant and take away focus and precious resources from actually solving the problems associated with climate change – which of course, the backward knuckledraggers want to do.

  5. suthnsun Avatar
    suthnsun

    All we can do is laugh to dissipate our pent up energies of frustration and anger..
    Unfortunately it has really become a deadly serious issue.

  6. Nigel Colhoun Avatar
    Nigel Colhoun

    Can I talk to the science minister.?

  7. permacultura Avatar

    What about a Commisioner for Thylacine sightings? C’mon Aussie C’mon!

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