Alarmist of the Year
Having awarded the Australian of the Year to alarmist Tim Flannery in 2007, whose wild predictions concerning the effects of the Green Climate Monster are well known, and almost always wrong, they have this year awarded the honour to another climate evangelist, Simon McKeon. McKeon was given the role of CSIRO chairman… despite not being a scientist, but it seems that being a warmist makes him even better qualified for the job. Miranda Devine does the business:
YOU don’t want to rain on the parade of a man who is so highly regarded that he has just been named Australian of the Year.
Nor do you want to detract from the charitable works for which Simon McKeon has been so honoured.
But the former Macquarie banker deserves censure for his pronouncements on climate change on ABC radio yesterday in which he enthusiastically described himself as a “100 percent believer” who wants to push Australia into a carbon trading scheme by stealth.
He deserves censure not least because last year he was appointed chairman of the CSIRO, despite having no background in science.
Asked by Melbourne radio host Jon Faine if he saw his role at the CSIRO as an opportunity to “shape and influence” its work on climate change, the 55-year-old lawyer said: “Oh, absolutely – it doesn’t need any encouragement from me.”
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Why a non-scientist should be considered a suitable chairman of our pre-eminent scientific body is anyone’s guess, but it is another indication of the decline of a once great institution.
It is a tragedy that the CSIRO is a shadow of its former self, reduced by to a mouthpiece for climate alarmism.
McKeon, 55, should be careful about sullying his philanthropic name with warmist politics. More importantly, he should refrain from using his new platform to further damage the credibility of the CSIRO. (source)
Australian Climate Madness 
Too late.. the CSIRO is already damaged (much like the BOM) by pandering to government agenda.
Mind you, McKeon is making it a lot worse.
I’m OK with a non-scientist being chairman of a scientific body. I have a problem however when they have absolutely no impartiality about the science they’re representing. That’s not even close to science.
Yeah, this guy’s REAL credible.
A religious mystic is just the ticket for the CSIRO top job.
“Why a non-scientist should be considered a suitable chairman of our pre-eminent scientific body is anyone’s guess”
My guess is that he is has demonstrated the same depth of appreciation of the scientific method as the revamped CSIRO itself. For McKeon was convinced of catastrophic man-made global warming when the sails of his yacht were limp when once they were full blown.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/climate-spruiker-finds-debate-has-wind-taken-out-of-its-sails/story-e6frfhqf-1225888670143
There is not much left that has not been soiled by the global warming religion.
The Nobel prize
Australian of the year
BOM
CSIRO
Our head of state.
Having said that the appointment of a nonscientist to the board of the CSIRO should not be seen as something sinister.I would point out that the board of Qantas probably has not had a pilot or engineer on its board for a very long time.But being a global warming believer no doubt helped.
Well it’s not quite dead yet but it is not for the want of trying.I was one of those engineers and the writing was on the wall years ago.
He was probably selected because they could not find a real scientist for the job. This guy looks stupid enough to fit the role perfectly.
Perhaps he should get into a debate with Monckton. 🙂