170 million dollars spent last financial year alone.

" the Senate inquiry that was meant to investigate the supposed “misinformation” from those opposing Net Zero has instead shone a massive spotlight on the deceit of the climate and Net Zero activists."

https://www.advanceaustralia.org.au/shocking_scale_of_foreign_funding_for_net_zero_campaigning_revealed

It's a complete scam.

"These groups masquerade as grassroots campaigns. They’re not. They’re well-drilled, well-funded, and well-co-ordinated. Their goal? Eliminate coal and gas from Australia’s energy system and block any potential transition towards nuclear power.

With a war chest of over $170 million dollars in the 2023/24 financial year alone, the organisations that we investigated have raised more in one year than both major parties spent combined at the last election.

Their success in demonising fossil fuels has handed a bonanza to renewable giants, who are now reaping billions in taxpayer-funded subsidies through the government’s Capacity Investment Scheme."

https://www.page.org.au/2025/10/article-overseas-cash-behind-local-green-gaslighters/

Fester,

Thanks for that. I am familiar with Gerard Holland. He knows what he is talking about, and often appears on ‘The Otherside’ with Damien Coory.

“Make no mistake: this is the biggest foreign influence operation in modern Australian history”.

He is right. As with too many things, Australia politicians and local carpetbaggers are servants to foreigners, making huge amounts off ordinary Australians, who don’t know what is happening, their only source of information being the lying mainstream media. There’s no way these Australians are going to educate themselves, however, and they therefore have to take much of the blame. Democracy is wasted on those people.

Hi Fester,
Good article, I think the whole world is fake, phoney and false, and constantly manipulated by narratives and agendas.
It's like the whole world has become one big psy-op.
And why, because they get better results manipulating us to go along with whatever they want, then if they were just honest.

Maybe for these people honesty is not the best policy anymore.
Better to scare the shite out of people instead, so they're more willing to go against their own interests.

Yes, Fester, and it was disclosed.

//170 million dollars spent last financial year alone.//

The Page Research Centre and ADVANCE cite that figure as the combined revenue of numerous Australian environmental groups, not secret bribes. These organisations (e.g. Greenpeace, The Australia Institute, EDO) don’t hide their goals: to push for faster climate action and cleaner energy.

Whether one agrees with them or not, "being effective" is not the same as being deceptive.

//These groups masquerade as grassroots campaigns.//

That’s rich coming from ADVANCE - an astro-turfed outfit itself, backed by conservative donors and with no grassroots base beyond talkback radio. When your only argument is "they’re coordinated and effective," it sounds less like a critique and more like envy.

//With a war chest of over $170 million … they’re now reaping billions in taxpayer-funded subsidies…//

First, the $170M includes donations, not taxpayer subsidies. Second, renewable energy companies benefit from public investment just like fossil fuel companies have for decades. The difference is: one industry is trying to mitigate climate risk. The other caused it.

//Foreign interference!//

The claim here is that $108 million over 10 years came from overseas funders. That’s $10M a year spread across dozens of NGOs, law firms, research institutes, and campaigns. In contrast, the fossil fuel lobby globally spends billions per year on ads, lobbying, misinformation and election influence.

If that’s not foreign interference, what is?

//The Senate inquiry … shone a massive spotlight on the deceit of the climate and Net Zero activists.//

That’s an interpretation, not a finding. The inquiry uncovered funding flows - but didn’t find fraud, disinformation, or criminality. The Page Centre’s submission is not a final report. It’s one of many voices, not gospel.

So yes, some groups get international support. But that doesn't prove ttbn’s "mind control" fantasy, nor does it excuse decades of fossil-funded lobbying dressed up as patriotism.

Shall we compare funding totals over time?

Hi John Daysh,
I'm not entirely sure what to think here.
I don't like the idea of foreigners driving up costs for aussie battlers.
I've always said that I've got no problems with doing things that are better for the environment, but I won't support cutting our nose off to spite our faces.

I guess you have 2 groups of people.
The ones who are climate conscious and don't mind paying more to protect the environment, and others who struggle from week to week and couldn't care less about the environment over and above the electricity bill.
The bigger issue is adding costs to businesses, and making us less competitive when it comes to exports.
So for me, I want the cheapest energy possible, but others might argue that if it was cheap we'd use so much more, and this is not acceptable.
You could argue some might want to make power more expensive, so we use less, which might be ok if you're rich you'll still use the same amount, but not if you having to decide whether or not you can afford rent, bills and feeding your kids all at the same time.

The way Fester and that article put things, it is a bit of a grift.
Feels like the Israel Lobby playbook, give congressmen enough to fund and win their campaigns, or give it to the other candidate instead.
Might cost a few millions from rich private donors, but the return in Israels benefit is counted in billions.
US taxpayers spent 35 billion on Israel since October 7.

I don't like the deceit.
I see the same playbook Fester laid out when it comes to NGO's and so-called grassroots activism in relation to foreign wars and western lead regime changes.