IPA targets key Coalition seats with net zero Facebook ad campaign described by experts as ‘fear mongering’
by Nick Evershed and Christopher Knaus from Environment | The Guardian on (#5RGYV)
Exclusive: The Institute of Public Affairs paid for ads that experts say are based on faulty analysis' on job losses
The Institute of Public Affairs paid to push targeted Facebook ads based on a faulty analysis" claiming net zero would cause massive job losses in key Liberal and National seats during last month's Coalition infighting.
Last month, as the Coalition debated a net zero 2050 policy, the IPA paid for a series of Facebook and Instagram ads targeting the electorates of Nationals Barnaby Joyce, David Littleproud, Mark Coulton, Ken O'Dowd and Anne Webster, as well as the Liberal trade minister, Dan Tehan.
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