Threatened Species Recovery Hub rejects media claims

The Threatened Species Recovery Hub has rejected reports by the Courier-Mail media outlet that the Hub is an anti-coal activist group and is involved in a review of Adani coal mine environmental plans. Hub Director Professor Brendan Wintle said the claim that the Hub, based at The University of Queensland, was conducting a review of the Adani plans was totally false. "It is essential to set the record straight, which is why the Hub has written to the Courier-Mail and other outlets that have picked up the story to request a retraction and correction. "It has also contacted the Press Council," he said. "The Threatened Species Recovery Hub is not involved in the Adani environmental management review, and has nothing to do with coal research or activism. "I have been engaged as a University of Melbourne expert by the Queensland Government to lead the review of Adani's southern black throated finch management plan, due to my expertise in the area of threatened species conservation planning," Dr Wintle said. " "It is a national initiative to undertake research to prevent extinctions and aid the recovery of Australia's most threatened species.