‘Apoplectic’ environment groups halt Coalition attack ads to take aim at Albanese over species’ ‘death warrant’
by Adam Morton Climate and environment editor from on (#6W44Q)
Exclusive: Australia's top green organisations suspend anti-nuclear power ads to fund campaign against Labor's move to protect salmon industry
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Australia's leading environment organisations have abruptly suspended advertising campaigns attacking the Coalition's plan to introduce nuclear power and are instead funding ads accusing Anthony Albanese of signing the death warrant" of an endangered species.
The shift from criticising Coalition to Labor policy on the cusp of an election campaign was agreed by the bosses of green groups - including the Australian Conservation Foundation, Greenpeace and WWF Australia - at what campaigners described as an emergency meeting on Saturday.
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