McKinsey paid $1.6m to ‘guide’ Australian climate policy despite working for fossil fuel companies

Guardian Australia was told firm disclosed its private sector work, but it is not known which clients were listed

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Consultancy firm McKinsey was paid $1.6m over 11 weeks to inform" and guide" Australian energy and climate policy, despite its work for the world's biggest fossil fuel companies.

The firm, whose links to oil and gas giants are well known, conducted detailed market, economic and policy analysis" and produced modelling that underpinned internal energy and climate policy work".

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