Today, it was announced in the Federal Circuit Court that Dr Ridd will receive $1,219,214.47 in damages following the Court’s decision in April that Dr Ridd was unlawfully sacked.

Damages awarded $1.2 million is comprised of approximately $167,000 for past wages and superannuation lost, $835,000 for future wages and superannuation lost, $90,000 for general damages and $125,000 as pecuniary penalty.

“The sum awarded reflects the appalling nature of JCU’s treatment of Dr Ridd and vindicates Peter Ridd’s fight for academic freedom, free speech and integrity of climate science and peer review,” said Gideon Rozner, Director of Policy at the IPA.

This is a warning to left whingers that censorship has its price.

That might teach the bastards not to persecute people who tell the truth. Other brain-washing factories take note.

geez, even the decent ones get paid way too much !

A win-win certainly for Dr Ridd and his right-wing
supporters. He's now taking his claims on tour -
that farmland pollution does not significantly damage
the natural wonder that is the Great Barrier Reef.

He can take his roadshow on the road. He's fully supported
by sugarcane industry managers and other industries that
have campaigned against the proposed state regulations
limiting sediment and chemical run off on the reef
coast.

The industry response has been very strong
against the new
regulations aimed at improving water quality in the
reef area.

They now have a spokesman on their side.

Just as the Tobacco industry must have had to convince
people that smoking was good for your health.

There's more at the following link:

http://theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/28/great-barrier-reef-expert-panel-says-peter-ridd-misrepresenting-science

Unfortunately James Cook can be like the other unis and hand out degrees to full paying Chinese students in order to cover this payout. They will continue to preach lies about the reef, collect Chinese money and meanwhile the Chinese will continue build thousands of coal powered stations while preaching to us. The integrity of much of academia is very questionable.

What a great win for the union movement. The protections of academic freedom they managed to have inserted into the enterprise bargaining agreement have over ridden the tepid and stifling JCU code of conduct.

While there was no judgement about the correctness or otherwise of Ridd's views this will send a message to all those who have turned so emphatically against academia like many on this forum.

A good day indeed.