The CSIRO is accused of having conflicts of interest with the coal seam gas industry after releasing a report on fracking that was funded and overseen by the industry.
The report, which has been used to claim that fracking is a safe method of extracting gas, has been criticised for testing just six wells out of the 19,000 in Queensland.
Scientists say the results aren’t conclusive.
George Roberts reports.
Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-15/csiro-fracking-research-does-not-pass-pub-test-expert-says/12454942
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