The mining industry spent $2.5 million pushing the case for "clean coal" in the run-up to last year's election, electoral funding records have revealed.
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| State and federal governments have spent $436 million since 2004 to make clean coal technology a commercial reality. |
As coal's future in Australia's energy mix continues to dominate political debate in Canberra, returns lodged by so-called "third party campaigners" to the Australian Electoral Commission show a little-known group called ACA Low Emissions Technologies Limited was one of the top five spenders of 52 third parties.
The company, which had not previously lodged a return, was only outspent by GetUp, the Australian Education Union, the ACTU and the Business Council of Australia but massively outspent renewable energy advocates the Solar Council, which spent $36,000, and Greenpeace, which spent $53,000.
ACA Low Emissions Technologies takes its name from the former Australian Coal Association which merged with the Minerals Council of Australia in 2013.
Read Heath Aston’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Mining industry tipped millions into pre-election clean coal campaign.”
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