Not being able to see the wood for the trees, comes to mind.
Or willing to see.
Cry fox, too.

Then there is the politcs of corruption and greed.

Yet science is so extremely capabable. Extraordinarily capable.

How can there be such confusion, such as disagreement about impact or not of CO2 on climate?

How can the CSIRO not be acknowledging the total natural and anthropogenic nutrient load linked to increase of algae linked to increasing ocean dead zones and dead coral and devastated wild fish populations worldwide?

Why is Australia's most significant scientific body not advising government of reality of South Pacific Community reporting that populations of the 999 main tuna species are now at historically low levels?

Evidence of substance indicates government should be debating whether or not seafood protein affordable supply will be adequate to sustain the estimated world human population in 2050, and whether under-nutrition and rundown immune systems will fail generally and lead to worldwide pandemic well before 2050.