Managers funded by Queensland government grant urge cane farmers to question reef science

Exclusive: speaking tour by controversial academic Peter Ridd is being supported by sugarcane managers paid for with state government fundsSugarcane industry managers funded by grants from the Queensland government to help cane growers reduce pollution flowing onto the Great Barrier Reef are promoting lectures by a controversial scientist who argues farm runoff is no threat to the reef.Peter Ridd began a speaking tour of regional Queensland on Monday amid fierce opposition to proposed state regu