Retraction and Apology Notice

I hereby make a full public apology to the Australian Rainforest Foundation and its Chief Executive Officer, Roger Phillips, in relation to entries on blog site etitled ‘Daintree Compensation’ by the following persons (bloggers):

John Rainbird on 1 September 2007, at 3.40pm

Hugh Spencer on 3 September 2007, at 7.06pm

Zainab on 4 September 2007 at 11.01am

Wayne Brandon on 10 September 2007, at 10.07pm

I hereby repudiate all claims, assertions or imputations that:

The Australian Rainforest Foundation’s claim for compensation pursuant to the Queensland Government funded scheme to compensate will adversely affect the preservation of Daintree rainforest;

The Australian Rainforest Foundation is attempting to manipulate and impede the Daintree rainforest buy back scheme;

The Australian Rainforest Foundation has sought donations, sponsorships and/or grants for purposes other than education, research and habitat rehabilitation for Australia’s rainforests.

The Australian Rainforest Foundation Chief Executive Officer, Roger Phillips is other than a competent and professional Chief Executive and that he is more interested in commercial gain by the Australian Rainforest Foundation than the conservation of Australian rainforest habitat;

I make full apology for any detrimental effect entries on my blog site have had on the Australian Rainforest Foundation and Roger Phillips.