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Broadcaster Chris Smith has told Sky News that ‘it’s ludicrous’ anyone could think natural disasters are the result of climate change.
Environment Minister Melissa Price told Sky News on Tuesday there was ‘no doubt climate change is having an impact on us’ after bushfires raged across Victoria and her home state of Western Australia this week. Mr Smith told Sky News host Peta Credlin ‘no wonder they kept Melissa Price’s mouth shut for so long, because they realised what she really thought’.
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