Shadowy World of IPA Finances

The secret funding of the Heartland Institute once again focuses attention on the financing of the Institute of Public Affairs and particularly its sustained attacks on climate science and all policies aimed at cutting Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Despite its refusal to divulge, we can make a good guess at where a large part of its recent funding has come from—right-wing mining billionaire Gina Rinehart. ABC The Drum, 24 February 2012

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Shadowy World of IPA Finances

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