Climate-sceptic IPA refuses to reveal funders in fiery Senate inquiry

Gina Rinehart is an honorary life member of the IPA and'a generous contributor to many causes,' IPA executive director, Scott Hargreaves, says. Gina Rinehart is an honorary life member of the IPA and'a generous contributor to many causes,' IPA executive director, Scott Hargreaves, says. Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart has previously donated to Institute of Public Affairs but thinktank won't say if she remains a donor A thinktank known for its rejection of the climate crisis and a conservation group that has opposed renewable energy projects refused to identify their funders during a fiery Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation on Wednesday. Chair of the committee, Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson, asked Rainforest Reserves Australia's vice-president, Steven Nowakowski, who had funded nine full-page newspaper advertisements promoting an open letter attacking a shift to renewable energy and promoting nuclear. Nowakowski said they were paid for by donations, some coming from the signatories of the letter, but would not name them.