Caught out – activist advertisement “deceptive and misleading”

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27 May 19, 8:20pm An ‘uplifting’ performance by Strange Fruit - swaying to the music @APPEACONFERENCE Welcome Reception #APPEA2019… https://t.co/ljAw4980Kz
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27 May 19, 7:40pm The exciting colour and flair of the #APPEAConf welcome reception #APPEA2019 https://t.co/vVdh4AN6G7
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27 May 19, 12:40pm The curtain raiser to #APPEAConf - Connect event on Australia’s challenges and opportunities in meeting Asia’s grow… https://t.co/iNc1w78Ugy
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27 May 19, 10:58am Delegate have started arriving for #APPEAConf #oilandgas #LNG https://t.co/hQgm290AP0
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It’s a case of industry science trumping activist scare-campaigning!

The Conservation Council of WA has been found to have used deceptive and misleading statements in an anti-fraccing advertisement published in a regional WA newspaper.

The finding followed a lengthy investigation by the newspaper’s owner, West Australian News Ltd, prompted by a formal complaint from APPEA.

You can read the newspaper’s finding at this link.

The Conservation Council is campaigning to stop onshore gas development in WA. Make sure the WA Government knows that its claims about fraccing have been found to be deceptive and misleading.

Send this message to the WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum

Subject: CCWA campaign caught making “deceptive and misleading” claims.

Message: Dear Minister, I support the safe and responsible development of onshore gas in WA. The Conservation Council of WA has been caught using “deceptive and misleading” advertising in its campaign to stop onshore gas. Don’t let them succeed.

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We need to send them this message loud and clear.