AUSTRALIA: Death threats for climate researchers
When Australian Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett appeared in a television campaign last week calling for action on climate change and urging the public to support the carbon tax, she came under savage verbal attack from Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and the Murdoch tabloids. The papers dubbed her "Climate Cate" and accused her of being rich and well able to afford to meet the costs of a tax, leaving the "poor workers to suffer".Cate Blanchett TV ad angers climate change sceptics
The conservative opposition leader, Tony Abbott, attacked the advert in parliamentary question time. “People who are worth $53 million (£34 million) have a right to be heard but their voice should not be heard ahead of the ordinary working people of this country,” he said.
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