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| Subject: Corrupt OZschwitz Labor accused of giving grants to groups backing carbon tax Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:27 am | |
| GREEN groups that formed the backbone of the ''Say Yes'' campaign supporting the government's carbon tax have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded grants, bureaucrats told a Senate estimates committee yesterday.
The groups were key members of a campaign that has backed a price on carbon, which the government will introduce in July after getting its legislation past its major parliamentary hurdle last week.
The revelations came as officials acknowledged the government had spent $24 million on a carbon tax advertising campaign - double the amount the Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, announced in June.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/labor-accused-of-giving-grants-to-groups-backing-carbon-tax-20111017-1ltf5.html |
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