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Liberal Party kids at Uni dutifully toe the Party line on fossil fuels

Liberal student movement hits back at fossil fuel divestment campaign by ‘vocal minority’ ABC Rural  By Babs McHugh  20 Jan 15 The Australian Liberal Students Federation (ALSF) has hit back at the fossil fuel divestment movement which wants universities to sell shares they have in mining businesses.

The divestment lobby is also calling for educational bodies to end sponsorship and partnership deals with resource companies……

we’ve come out to provide the alternate viewpoint of what we feel students are really concerned about, which is jobs and opportunities.”

In October 2014, the Australian National University announced it was selling the shares it held in seven mining companies.

Student activist group Fossil Free ANU had several meetings with the ANU Council before Vice Chancellor Ian Young made the announcement.

Despite opposing the policy, Mr Lesh said the ALSF fully supported renewable energy development.

“It’s not that we don’t support renewable energy at all, we support all forms of energy,” he said.

“But the practical side is we need fossil fuels like coal and gas to provide baseload energy.

“And the mining industry employs thousands of people and contributes billions to our economy.

“And the fossil fuel divestment campaign is an ideological attack on that economy, and comes at a time of increasing difficulty for many students finding jobs.”…….http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-19/liberal-students-oppose-university-mining-shares-divestment/6024952

January 20, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics