[Greens-Media] Greens launch ad of Howard and Rudd in bed together

[El Gibbs]

*Media Statement
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***Greens launch ad of Howard and Rudd in bed together *



The Greens NSW Campaign Coordinator, Lesa de Leau, today released an online
advertisement - paid for the by The Greens - parodying Labor's *Howard
Asleep on Climate Change* ad.



The ad – *Howard and Rudd in Bed with the Coal Industry *– will go online
today on Myspace, YouTube, Facebook and Greens websites (see URLs below).
The Greens will also seek donations to run the advertisement on television.



The ad shows John Howard and Kevin Rudd asleep in a double bed. Kevin Rudd
has fallen asleep with a copy of Al Gore's *Inconvenient Truth* book on his
face. The voiceover describes the failings of Kevin Rudd's climate policy
and ends with "Howard and Rudd in bed with the coal industry."



Internal party polling shows Greens supporters have high rate of internet
use and increasingly people are getting their information about politics
from the internet. It is clear much of this election will be fought online.



Release of the ad follows further steps this week by Kevin Rudd to join John
Howard in rejecting sensible policies on the environment and climate change
when he overturned Labor's Tasmanian forest policy.



Despite the threat of climate change, Kevin Rudd has refused to set short
term emission reduction targets and has committed to an expansion of the
coal industry. Unproven "clean coal" – that won't be available for decades –
is favoured by Labor over renewable energy such as wind, solar and
geothermal. Rudd and Howard have also both ruled out a carbon tax to reduce
emissions.



Labor and Liberal's polices will take us past the dangerous and critical
threshold of two degrees of global warming.



However, The Australian Greens have a real plan to tackle climate change:

·         Immediate emission cuts of 30% by 2020 and 80% by 2050 from 1990
levels.

·         Support for an emissions trading for stationary energy and a
carbon tax on transport emissions.

·         Establish a National Sun Fund to fund research and development of
renewable industries.

·         Set the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target to ensure 25% renewable
energy by 2020.

·         Redirect roads funding toward investment in public transport.

·         End the logging of old growth forests.



 The ad can be seen at the following sites and a high res screen image is
available on request:

www.greens.org.au
www.nsw.greens.org.au
YouTube:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kahjxSuOqA
<http://www.nsw.greens.org.au/>MySpace: www.myspace.com/kerrynettle
Facebook: www.facebook.com/video/video
.php?v=2648028242<http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2648028242>

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*For more information: Kristian Bolwell 0411 638 320, Lesa de Leau 0413 581
603 *


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Kind regards
El Gibbs
Greens NSW Lower House Campaign Coordinator
w: (02) 9519 0877 m: 0419 290788 f: (02) 9519 2177
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