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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Graham Readfearn

‘Get your dirty hands off our kids’: fossil fuel industry’s presence in schools and sports clubs sparks concern

Greens Senator Steph Hodgins-May
‘Children should go to school to get evidence-based education, not to be brainwashed by fossil fuel corporations’: Greens resources spokesperson Steph Hodgins-May. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Greens and David Pocock have backed calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the alleged “petro-grooming” of children after an investigation exposed the extent of the fossil fuel sector’s presence in schools, sports clubs and other educational institutions.

The resources minister, Madeleine King, has defended industry sponsorships of grassroots and elite sports and said it was fortunate so many companies were prepared to support clubs.

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