Students 'brainwashed' over climate change: LNP - National News - National - Environment - Melbourne Times Weekly

Mr McIver's comments received loud applause from more than 700 delegates from throughout the state.
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Queensland Education Minister Cameron Dick said Mr McIver’s comments were an “outrageous slur” on the professionalism of the state's 38,000 teachers.“The curriculum taught in Queensland state schools is developed and delivered by educational experts, not politicians, nor backroom political party operatives like Mr McIver,'' he said.''Quite simply, students studying science in Queensland state schools are taught scientific facts.''We all know that Mr McIver and the LNP are climate-change deniers, and his comments are not only wrong and insulting, but an attempt to push the party’s ‘head-in-the-sand’ beliefs on Queenslanders.''

Mr McIver described Labor's carbon tax as a "socialist" policy would have a devastating effect on Queensland business and on Queensland jobs.

"It is a direct threat to our economy. I believe it is a redistribution of wealth," he said to cheers of "hear, hear" among delegates.

Lawrence area growers report little fruit on trees - KOAM TV 7 Joplin and Pittsburg

Growers in the region say a cold snap in February has decimated their fruit trees this year.

Owners of several orchards in northeast Kansas told The Lawrence Journal-World that their crops were either completely destroyed or will yield much smaller crops.