Ad campaign comparing Peter Dutton to Donald Trump sees Climate 200’s donations surge by $380k

Organisation asked supporters if they want to feel different on our election night' in an ad with half of Trump's face and half of Dutton's

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Climate 200 has reported a surge in first-time donors in November off the back of a donation-matching campaign comparing the Coalition and opposition leader Peter Dutton to the politics of Donald Trump.

The funding aggregator claims to have raised $377,000 from 3,900 donations including 1,373 people who donated to it for the first time, the biggest wave of first-time supporters since it was launched in 2021.

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