Mystery of the doctored documents: Angus Taylor and the climate attack on Sydney's lord mayor
by Anne Davies and Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#4T1P7)
Exclusive: story published in Daily Telegraph was based on false figures for travel expenditure purporting to be from council's annual report
Angus Taylor baselessly accused Sydney's lord mayor of driving up carbon emissions by spending $15m on travel, a claim that was later backed up with a doctored council document provided to the Daily Telegraph, which reported the figure.
On 30 September, the Telegraph reported on page three that the "City of Sydney Council's outlay on flights outstrips that of Australia's foreign ministers".
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