Too many climate change think tanks

These factually misleading offerings provide some insight into the mindset of the staff and leadership at The Australia Institute, in direct contradiction to their own mission statement.

"Our Goal: The Australia Institute provides intellectual and policy leadership. We conduct research that drives the public debate and secures policy outcomes that make Australia better. We are confident that we consistently deliver on the promise of our motto: research that matters."

A charitable person might be tempted to blame inexperience for amateurish mistakes, but TAI is supposedly overseen by trained economists, lawyers and journalists, making their poorly researched output reminiscent of Emma Alberici's infamous take on corporate taxation.

There are those arguing from a position of good faith, investing time and effort to present facts and logic in a clear manner, attempting to persuade the audience with better arguments. Then there is The (anti) Australia Institute.