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I am offended by the Rudd Government and more particularly Climate Change and Water Minister Penny Wong [ pictured ] spending $14 million dollars on climate change ads since July.
Back on the 1st of September we nominated these ads as worthy of our Bullshit Watch award.
In the article I stated that these ads are just blatant propaganda.
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The Government has set aside almost $14 million for a four-month climate change campaign, which started in July and ends next month.
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If the government is fair dinkum about tackling climate change why wasn’t this money put into alternative energy. It could have been spent on installing solar hotwater in 7,000 homes at a $2,000 rebate a home.
They could have invested it in developing an accurate, reliable and simple to use accounting methodology for soil carbon. It could have been used to lobby the UN to accept soil carbon sequestration or a myriad of other constructive ways to cut our CO2 emissions.
The other reason it is outrageous is because it would suggest that Minister Wong is being a hypocrite.
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“When in opposition, Senator Wong, as Labor’s spokesperson on public accountability, repeatedly attacked the then Howard government for running government advertising before legislation has passed the parliament.”
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There is nothing that turns us off a politician more than them being an obvious hypocrite.
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Tags: Bullshit Watch, CO2, Global Warming, Penny Wong, Propaganda, Soil Carbon, UN
