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"THE fight against global warming has globe-trotting bureaucrats attending more than one international climate conference every week. Department of Climate Change staff flew first class to 64 global climate change meetings in just 12 months at a cost of more than $4 million. A Senate committee heard that 93 staff went to destinations including Greenland, the Maldives, Japan, the US and Bolivia.
The trips cost taxpayers more than $2.74 million in airfares and $1.6 million for accommodation and meals.The Government's special envoy on climate change, Howard Bamsey, was the biggest spender, racking up $229,000 in travel costs during 2009-10.He was followed by climate change ambassador Louise Hand, who spent $192,000 on travel over the same period.The travel blitz emerged as the federal Government tries to forge a domestic consensus on climate change.A new climate change committee has been established to examine ways to put a price on carbon emissions.But the Opposition has refused to be represented and will oppose any emissions trading scheme or carbon tax."
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