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1. Australia abolished their carbon tax after Murdoch's media

Reply to Ghost Dog (Original post)

Fri Oct 16, 2015, 07:17 AM

Oct 2015

...went to war. Labour was voted out of power over that issue.

Australian public opinion changed drastically after Rupert Murdoch summoned his media outlets (he controls about 70% of the media there).

So its no stretch to say that oligarchy is an enemy of the environment.

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