Greg Hunt - Lol!!

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In an internationally broadcast interview with the BBC, when asked the question about the link between bushfires and climate, Hunt says Australia has always had bushfire and he knows they are not linked to climate change because "he looked it up on Wikepedia".

And then this:

In his heated BBC interview, Mr Hunt rejected a claim that Mr Abbott had labelled climate science as ''absolute **bleep**'' and asked interviewer Razia Iqbal not to be rude.

''In Parliament our Prime Minister has expressed clear support for the science,'' Mr Hunt said before Iqbal pressed him again.

''So [Mr Abbott] no longer thinks it's absolute **bleep**?''

''Look,'' he said ''with great respect… you can invite me from Australia to do this, you can be profoundly rude, I'm happy to answer but I'm not going to be sworn at.''

''Mr Hunt, I'm merely quoting your Prime Minister,'' Iqbal responded.

What a first class dodo. And the rest of the world must think we are a bunch of neanderthals.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/greg-hunt-taps-wikipedia-for-bushfire-backing-...

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/greg-hunt-taps-wikipedia-for-bushfire-backing-...

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@lakeland27 wrote:

no. hunt himself knows better . his masters thesis was on the topic of carbon trading, a glowing endorsement of the idea in fact. now that its inconvenient politically, he resorts to wiki ? The real pity about hunt is that he has allowed himself to be 'dumbed down' to fit into the Abbott cabinet.

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so what did he actually say?

[lakeland27]

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@**meep** wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

no. hunt himself knows better . his masters thesis was on the topic of carbon trading, a glowing endorsement of the idea in fact. now that its inconvenient politically, he resorts to wiki ? The real pity about hunt is that he has allowed himself to be 'dumbed down' to fit into the Abbott cabinet.

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so what did he actually say?

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havent you listened to the interview ? its available.

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@**meep** wrote:

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@debra9275 wrote:

Wikipedia does have it's uses

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Exactly!!  That was why Greg Hunt wanted to see what on earth the rest of the world are reading about Bushfires in Australia

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In that case what the rest of the world is reading is that Australia's very high and extreme fire danger days will increase by up to 30% by 2020, and up to 100% by 2050.[22]

He didn't mention that in his wikipedia reference.

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@lakeland27 wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

no. hunt himself knows better . his masters thesis was on the topic of carbon trading, a glowing endorsement of the idea in fact. now that its inconvenient politically, he resorts to wiki ? The real pity about hunt is that he has allowed himself to be 'dumbed down' to fit into the Abbott cabinet.

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so what did he actually say?

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havent you listened to the interview ? its available.

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And I have written down enough quotes on this thread to give you the gist of it.

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

And lol even more!

Someone has just updated his wiki page to read: “After the 2013 election, Hunt was appointed environment minister under prime minister Tony Abbott. He was quoted as saying he uses Wikipedia for important policy research.[4]”

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where?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hunt

[lakeland27]

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/wikipedias-verdict-on-greg-hunt-terrible...

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@lakeland27 wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

no. hunt himself knows better . his masters thesis was on the topic of carbon trading, a glowing endorsement of the idea in fact. now that its inconvenient politically, he resorts to wiki ? The real pity about hunt is that he has allowed himself to be 'dumbed down' to fit into the Abbott cabinet.

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so what did he actually say?

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havent you listened to the interview ? its available.

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In response to the  quote from wiki I posted - you said:

oh , its in wiki.. thats alright then. who wrote the wiki page ?

was that what he actually said or not?

I entered this discussion to point out that Hunt was quoted out of context in the OP.

[polksaladallie]

Some strong coffee needed this morning.

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It was there 10mins ago. Now it says:

In October 2013, while being interviewed by the BBC, Hunt said:

"Australia has since European settlement and obviously well before that, had a history of recurrent bushfires. I looked up what Wikipedia says, for example, just to see what the rest of the world thought, and it opens up with the fact that bushfires in Australia are frequently occurring events during the hotter months of the year. Large areas of land are ravaged every year by bushfires. That’s the Australian experience."[4][5][6]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/wikipedias-verdict-on-greg-hunt-terrible...

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His wiki page is being updated by the minute lol.