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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent

Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says

MacIntyre windfarm, the largest operating windfarm in Australia
MacIntyre windfarm. Conservation charity Rainforest Reserves Australia has published a submission that named a nonexistent windfarm. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian

A conservation charity known for its anti-renewables stance has made submissions to federal and state inquiries that name non-existent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm, and cite scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist, a Guardian Australia investigation has found.

Two US-based academics and experts said Rainforest Reserves Australia’s (RRA) claims in submissions about their work were “100% misleading” and “absurd”.

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