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Environment
Poppy Johnston

Light shone on 'deceptive' anti-renewables campaigns

Anti-renewables campaigns are pitching communities against each other, an inquiry shows. (Stephanie Gardiner/AAP PHOTOS)

Keeping track of corporate interests behind third parties during election campaigns has been recommended by a federal inquiry to stamp out astroturfing.

Parliamentarians were told the practice of astroturfing - posing as grassroots organisations despite ties to political parties or lobby groups - was common during the 2025 federal poll.

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