While Australians struggle to pay their energy bills because of Labor’s inability to address inflation, a taxpayer-funded dossier of Net Zero propaganda has been distributed to climate change stakeholders by Chris Bowen’s secretive climate misinformation unit.
The glossy 29-page brochure, titled Stakeholder kit – International climate cooperation: themes and facts, was issued by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s internal Climate and Energy Information Integrity division.
The document instructs stakeholders to tell Australians “why international action matters” and directs them to “keep sharing accurate information through your usual channels.” The stakeholder kit includes talking points, ready-to-post social media material and newsletter content.
In September, the Climate Change Authority issued a taxpayer-funded report warning Australians that discussing the rising cost of living was part of spreading misinformation.
Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Dan Tehan said Labor’s priorities were all wrong.
“Instead of delivering Australians their promised $275 power bill cut, Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen are spending taxpayer money on telling lies about Net Zero,” Mr Tehan said.
“This ‘stakeholder kit’ is purely and simply Albanese Government propaganda, paid for by a taxpayer funded-propaganda unit. It is Orwellian.
“This is yet another complete waste of taxpayer money and yet another reason Chris Bowen should apologise to Australian taxpayers and resign.
“There is no mention of the $275 promised off Australians’ power bills; no mention of the cost blowout of the Cheaper Home Battery Scheme; no mention of the blowout of Snowy Hydro 2,0; no mention of the failed Capacity Investment Scheme; no mention of the poles and wires roll out, putting an extra $600 on power bills; no mention of nuclear power; and certainly no mention of $32,000 being spent on free coffee during a cost living crisis or the Pre-COP flop.”
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