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

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. Queensland electoral disclosures show the vast majority of the Australian Institute for Progress’s declared donations during the past year have come from the coal industry group Coal Australia. The lobby group gave $613,500 to the AIP in September and October last year, before the Queensland election campaign. View image in fullscreen A screenshot of the Australian Institute for Progress’s ‘Can You Afford the Greens’ election advertisement. “The rules that applied to the last state election do not apply to this Commonwealth election,” Young told supporters.