ACF: hearsay, intolerance and sheer emotionalism, with little regard to facts and citizenship responsibilities'

Irrigators dominating basin debate: green groups
Paul Sinclair from the Australian Conservation Foundation was among a group who met with Water Minister Tony Burke last night.

Although an early member and councillor (1968-74) of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Mawby, Sir Maurice Alan Edgar (1904 - 1977) decided that the conservation movement leaned towards people whose attitudes were 'based on hearsay, intolerance and sheer emotionalism, with little regard to facts and citizenship responsibilities'. He withdrew from the foundation.