Bill Shorten has come out swinging against “propaganda” modelling of the cost of his climate change policies, likening its author to doctors shilling for tobacco giants.
 |
| New modelling has put a price on the ALP's climate policies. |
In a report for BA Economics, former federal government economist Brian Fisher estimates Labor’s carbon reduction targets could wipe up to $542 billion from the nation’s growing economy.
“This fellow and his report remind me of the doctors that big tobacco companies used to roll out in the ’70s and ’80s to say that smoking was healthy for you,” Mr Shorten said in Tasmania on Thursday.
“We will file this report under ‘P’ for propaganda.”
Dr Fisher estimates Labor’s plan to cut carbon emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 could shrink economic growth by 0.8 per cent over the decade.
Read the story from The New Daily - “Report costing climate change policies is ‘propaganda’: Shorten.”
No comments:
Post a Comment