Tim Flannery Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Tim Flannery We, as the Climate Commission, were abolished by the federal government with their very first act in coming to power. And the reason that was given to the Australian public and to ourselves was that they lacked the funding, now, 18 months later or so, magically the funding's been found to bring someone from Denmark to Australia to set up a center. The Australian public are owed an explanation. Tim Flannery environment