| No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics | |
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| Leader | Leon Ashby |
| Party President | Leon Ashby |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Ideology | Scepticism of anthropogenic global warming[1] |
| Political position | Centrist |
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| http://landshape.org/news/ | |
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No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics, formerly known as The Climate Sceptics, are an Australian political party that describes itself as the world's first political party representing climate sceptics,[2] dedicated to "...expose the fallacy of anthropogenic climate change".[2]
The party was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission in early 2010, and is endorsing candidates to stand in the 2010 federal election. Prior to being registered, party supporters stood as independent candidates in the Bradfield and Higgins by-elections.[3]
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The party endorsed 10 candidates for the Senate, and 6 for the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections. None were successful [1].
The Climate Sceptics Party position on what they call climate alarmism is
The Climate Sceptics Party's policy on the Rudd government's proposed emissions trading scheme, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), is that the CPRS will result in Australian industry being at a competitive disadvantage leading to rising prices, that the CPRS will also cause corruption and fraud and the curtailing of human freedoms.[4]
On 13 July 2009, approximately 30 members of the Climate Sceptics Party and supporters arrived at the venue where Al Gore, was speaking in Melbourne, to hand out leaflets for those attending, with questions to ask Al Gore during his speech.[5] Some wore t-shirts bearing the party's slogan: "Carbon Really Ain't Pollution - CRAP".[6][7] In 2010 the Climate Sceptics organised a tour of Australia by Lord Monckton at a cost of $100,000.[8]
The party's name on the Australian Electoral Commission's register was changed to "No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics" on 14 December 2011.[9]