Politicians are getting away with flagrant dishonesty as a shift from fact to opinion colours the political debate around climate change, former Liberal leader John Hewson says.
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Dr Hewson was speaking in the run-up to today's Global March for Science, with gatherings taking place in 12 Australian cities and towns as well as in Washington DC and other centres worldwide.
He told AM he initially decided to get involved because he was concerned about the "the lack of evidence being used as the basis of public policy”.
"I think science is probably more useful and more relevant to society today than it's probably ever been. But there's been a widening gap between science and the public," he said.
Read the ABC News story - "Fake news, politicians' dishonesty skewing climate debate, John Hewson warns".
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