Rob Ewin

The ABC have finally conceded that their reporting of our new research, Delivering a High Energy Australia got it wrong. For those who haven’t been tracking the story, on Monday night on 7.30, the ABC deliberately misrepresented our report that led to the National Party abandoning Net Zero in an attempt to discredit our thorough research into the Australian energy market, net zero policies, and their effects on households, businesses and our environment. Our paper, Delivering a High Energy Australia, is a meticulous, evidence-based discussion paper built on more than 160 detailed references. It lays out, in full, how Net Zero is driving up energy prices, crippling Australian industry - and what we can do about it. But instead of engaging with the facts, the ABC tried to smear our work by claiming that our modelling came from Coal Australia. This is blatantly false. Our energy numbers both in this report, and the report we released earlier in the year have come from analysis of a number of sources, including but not limited to; the CSIRO, CIS, AEMO, Australian Energy Regulator, Australian Bureau of Statistics, DCCEEW, Net Zero Australia, Arche Energy, Adept Economics, the World Bank and the International Energy Agency. It also contained our own internal calculations based on publicly available data, and this too was made clear in both the body of the report and in the footnotes. The modelling Coal Australia commissioned from clean energy advisory firm Arche Energy merely reinforced our earlier findings, which is why we cited the work as an additional, supplementary reference in the report. And the ABC knew this. Before going to air, they reached out to us for clarification, and we made this clear. Yet despite knowing the truth, they ran the false claim anyway, and in doing so they knowingly misled their audience to cast doubt on legitimate research. The ABC needed to be held accountable and we demanded a full retraction and apology. On Wednesday afternoon, the ABC responded: "We acknowledge that it was appropriate to include your response in our reporting, indicating that your coal estimates were informed by the centre’s earlier research. We also understand that your report relied on multiple sources, as detailed in your earlier correspondence. To address your concerns and our failure to include your comments, we will include an Editor’s Note on the 7.30 website in the following terms: “Page Research provided us with a statement prior to the broadcast about its report to the National Party on a proposed energy future, which was not included in the 7.30 story. Page told 7.30: ‘Our coal estimates were informed by an earlier piece of research we undertook in January this year” as well as additional sources. Page also said it included the analysis contained in “Coal Australia AEMO Submission (Source 152 & 155) as their subsequent modelling reinforced our earlier findings in the modelling we had commissioned in January”. Matt Kean provided his opinion on the politics of the net zero issue in our report. He is the chairman of the Climate Change Authority, and a director and head of fundraising at Wollemi Capital, a clean energy investor. These roles should have been disclosed in our report” Despite this concession, unfortunately the damage has already been done. The false claim that our modelling came from Coal Australia has already been repeated in other media outlets and spread like wildfire on social media. The ABC’s disclaimer on an old story does little to unwind the viral spread of disinformation about our organisation. Australians deserve to hear the truth, have the opportunity to discuss and debate new and evidenced based ideas, and make informed, educated decisions about the future trajectory of our country - not be misled by taxpayer-funded lies designed to undermine real, legitimate research.

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We are demanding a full retraction and public apology from the ABC. Last night on 7.30, the ABC deliberately misrepresented our report that led to the National Party abandoning Net Zero in an attempt to discredit our thorough research into the Australian energy market, net zero policies, and their effects on households, businesses and our environment. Our paper, Delivering a High Energy Australia, is a meticulous, evidence-based discussion paper built on more than 160 detailed references. It lays out, in full, how Net Zero is driving up energy prices, crippling Australian industry - and what we can do about it. But instead of engaging with the facts, the ABC tried to smear our work by claiming that our modelling came from Coal Australia. This is blatantly false. Our energy numbers both in this report, and the report we released earlier in the year have come from analysis of a number of sources, including but not limited to; the CSIRO, CIS, AEMO, Australian Energy Regulator, Australian Bureau of Statistics, DCCEEW, Net Zero Australia, Arche Energy, Adept Economics, the World Bank and the International Energy Agency. It also contained our own internal calculations based on publicly available data, and this too was made clear in both the body of the report and in the footnotes. The modelling Coal Australia commissioned from Clean Energy advisory firm Arche Energy merely reinforced our earlier findings, which is why we cited the work as an additional, supplementary reference in the report. And the ABC knew this. Before going to air, they reached out to us for clarification, and we made this clear. Yet despite knowing the truth, they ran the false claim anyway, and in doing so they knowingly misleading their audience to cast doubt on legitimate research. The ABC needs to be held accountable. We’ve demanded a full retraction and apology. Australians deserve to hear the truth, not taxpayer-funded lies designed to undermine real, legitimate research.