A former senior advisor to the Federal Government claims the Prime Minister has got it wrong on climate change.
Dr David Evans has said the decision makers and the public are unaware of the evolving research, and are still stuck in the science of 1995.
He says the government is misleading the public on climate change, giving false facts on global warming.
Dr Evans has told 2GB’s Jason Morrison they're basing all their climate change policies on data that's years out of date.
“Since 1990 western governments have spent about $50 billion in research and associated sort of stuff, looking for the causes of climate change, looking for any evidence.
“The only thing we ever found was the old ice core data but that has been reversed by the new ice course. What we found instead was the evidence that carbon emissions definitely do not cause the current global warming.”
Dr Evans has slammed Penny Wong, saying her argument that the hottest years on record all occurred in the last 13 years, is incorrect.
He also questioned her lack of evidence to prove carbon emissions cause climate change.
Meanwhile, Labor’s multi-million dollar advertising campaign on climate change has been slammed again, with Brendan Nelson saying it’s fluffy and doesn't look at the global picture.
The Rudd government has launched a campaign to sell its emissions trading scheme with ads that show the dangers of climate change through images of chimneys and parched earth.
The opposition leader says he agrees there's a need to educate Australians over the economics of climate change and the emissions trading scheme, but says the campaign must include the fact there's also damage done by other nations, and that Australia can't go it alone.
