Gillards "Say Yes" cheer squad slush-fund

[mellie]

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.


Simon Birmingham, a Liberal senator who led the questioning, branded the grants to the environmental groups ''a cheer squad slush fund''.

''Millions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars are being wasted on a failed spin job,'' he said of the ads. ''Worse still, Labor is conveniently using 'discretionary grants' to repay groups who have been the loudest supporters of its carbon tax.''

The Australian Conservation Foundation received $398,000 for its Climate Reality Australia program, a series of 2000 public presentations around the country, modelled on the former US vice-president Al Gore's ''climate change leadership program''.

The Australian Youth Climate Coalition received $271,000 for two recent climate conferences, one in Perth and one in Brisbane, called Power Shift 2011.

The Climate Institute received $250,000 for an independent assessment of the effect of the carbon price on Australians' cost of living, the results of which will be available next month.

The groups defended the funding yesterday, saying it had been used strictly for the specified projects and had nothing to do with the ''Say Yes'' campaign. ''Say Yes'' included events at Parliament House and attracted the imprimatur of former prime minster Malcolm Fraser and former Liberal leader John Hewson, among others. The groups pointed out that information on the grants was published on the department's website in August.

A spokesman for Mr Combet said the Coalition was being ''hypocritical''.

''On the one hand, they claim to accept the climate science and to support action to tackle climate change,'' he said. ''But, on the other hand, they criticise the government for providing the public with information about climate change and how to reduce carbon pollution and improve energy efficiency.''


http://www.smh.com.au/environment/clima ... 1ltf5.html

[mellie]

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/just-say-yes.html


Wow, what will they all do after they are forced to get real jobs like everyone else?


Thousands paid by Gillard to "Say Yes" at Carbon-rallies.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-06-05/t ... es/2746710


It's all coming out in the wash now.

-Smirk

[mantra]

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.

Yes it's obscene - but so was Howard's advertising campaign on selling health insurance, the GST and many other policies that were shoved down our throat.

Some of us were hoping for an honest government - but we've just got the Coalition all over again, except they lack the same competence. Whatever government is in power doesn't act in our interests - they work for the global powers. Because Australia appears a little more prosperous than other western nations - we have to pay the price in leading the way.

[mellie]

The vital difference is Mantra, Howard left us with a healthy surplus, this opposed to a crumbling economy and deficit.

Neither Rudd or Gillard could manage a single term between them, ha ha ha whereas Howard managed 4.

I think it's clear, it's time to hand the wheel back over to dad.

[mellie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITxc_8M1 ... r_embedded


The real Gillard cheer squad close and personal...one of many our media are not allowed to air.

Fabians a harmless debating society you think?


Labors Fabian socialism by stealth.

There are plenty of societies, mostly fraternities, sororales, sisterhoods, brotherhoods... and many which denote to other non-gender based groups, religious or otherwise.

Like this one....

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationa ... 6014705417


http://www.fli.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Julia.pdf

[mellie]

http://www.fli.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Julia.pdf

[Ethnic]

Because Australia appears a little more prosperous than other western nations - we have to pay the price in leading the way.

Thanks to you and your loony Green mates, we will be paying many prices.

[mellie]

It took a nation , not an individual to allow for their infiltration, Menzies tried to stop it, but they (Labor) amended the constitution allowing for communist party's stealth reorganisation.


So long as we recognise them when they do, we should be able to turn it around, or at least keep them at bay.

This time, they have diversified and reorganised through many...the right faction of the Greens, the Right and left factions of Labor, and even through the republican movement, and left faction of Libs, (scant as they are) along with smaller religious parties.

They have something for everyone, particularly minorities, hence they appeal to many and suck youth in at uni.

It's a globalist movement, --Bob Brown pays a percentage of his salary to the Global Greens each week/month.

[Aussie]

You are a retard, Mellie:

It took a nation , not an individual to allow for their infiltration, Menzies tried to stop it, but they (Labor) amended the constitution allowing for communist party's stealth reorganisation.

Read.....and weep.

Why do you make shit up?

[IQS.RLOW]

Probably the same reasons you do