Liberal-aligned thinktank running anti-Greens ads received $600,000 from coal industry in Queensland election

The Australian Institute for Progress's Can you afford the Greens?' ads claim minor party's housing policies would lead to increased rents

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A Liberal-aligned thinktank running last-minute anti-Greens advertisements targeting young voters received more than $600,000 from the coal industry during last year's Queensland election, disclosures show.

On Monday evening, the Australian Institute for Progress released a Can you afford the Greens?" video advertisement pushing claims, based on its own commissioned research, that the Greens' housing policies would lead to increased rents.

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