Inside the AEF, the climate denial group hosting Tony Abbott as guest speaker

Securing a former prime minister to speak at your organisation is no doubt a coup for many groups.

Tony Abbott in Parliament House in December 2017.

Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy recently got Kevin Rudd. Australia’s Nelson Mandela Day committee has snaffled Julia Gillard for their next annual lecture.

What about our most recent former PM, Tony Abbott?

Next month, Abbott will deliver the “2018 Bob Carter Commemorative Lecture” to the Australian Environment Foundation (AEF), where the ticketing site says he’ll talk about “Climate Change and Restraining Greenhouse Gas Emissions”.

Read the story by Graham Readfearn from The Guardian - “Inside the AEF, the climate denial group hosting Tony Abbott as guest speaker.”