Just so we're clear...
Alan Jones says he does not believe in significant
human induced climate change and has been critical of Government policy to use the Australian taxation system as a means of reducing carbon emissions.
[55] His radio show often promotes
climate change denial, including claims that increases in carbon dioxide are natural and that there is significant scientific disagreement on the IPCC's findings.
[56] After the 2010 Australian Federal Election, Jones was critical of Prime Minister
Julia Gillard's decision to introduce a price on carbon claiming that this was breaking a pre-election promise.
[57] In 2012, the Australian Communications and Media Authority censured Jones for broadcasting falsities about anthropological carbon dioxide, ordering him to undergo factual accuracy training and employ a fact-checker.
[58]
Jones is a supporter of the
Galileo Movement, a climate change denial group which argues that climate change is a hoax perpetrated to form a world government.
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Andrew Bolt (born 26 September 1959
[3]) is an Australian
conservative social and
political commentator, and climate change denier.
[4] He has worked at the
Melbourne-based newspaper company
The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT) for many years, for both
The Herald and its successor, the
Herald Sun. His current roles include blogger and columnist at the
Herald Sun and host of television show
The Bolt Report each weeknight. In Australia, Bolt is a controversial public figure, who has frequently been criticised for his abrasive demeanour and accused of inappropriate remarks on various political and social issues.
