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You could say that Adrian Iodice is something of a stickybeak neighbour. On Iodiceâs once-lush bushland property, nestled within the Bega Valley of New South Wales, there stands a majestic rough-barked apple tree that the beekeeper used to, every now and then, jam his head into.
In the hollow of the trunk lived a flourishing wild colony of European honeybees that Iodice had been keeping an eye on for years. âIâd have a chat with them,â he laughs. âStick my head in and see how theyâre getting on in life. They were very gentle bees; they never had a go at me.â
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âItâs fascinating that the Morrison government should attempt to disinter the Climate Change Authority â which has been a zombie organisation for several years â but itâs brought it back to oversee its retro greenhouse gas policy,â he said.
âI donât think it will have any credibility at all other than with the crypto deniers within the government.â
Economist John Quiggin, another former member of the authority, said the appointments were âdisappointing but unsurprisingâ.
He claimed that after trying but failing to abolish the authority when Tony Abbott was prime minister, the government had effectively achieved its goal by âappointing representatives of the leading opponents of effective climate actionâ.
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