{"id":46307,"date":"2019-05-05T09:39:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T23:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=46307"},"modified":"2022-05-02T12:55:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T02:55:42","slug":"lib-indi-candidate-in-deep-climatechange-conflict-jansant-reports-on-steveforindi-indivotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/lib-indi-candidate-in-deep-climatechange-conflict-jansant-reports-on-steveforindi-indivotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lib #Indi candidate in deep #ClimateChange conflict: @jansant reports on @steveforindi #IndiVotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/martin2.png?resize=800%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/martin2.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/martin2.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/martin2.png?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/martin2.png?resize=600%2C300&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Liberal Party candidate for Indi Steve Martin at a candidates&#8217; forum in Wodonga. Photo: Wayne Jansson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Indi Liberal Party candidate Steve Martin&#8217;s belief in the science behind human-induced climate change is in serious doubt after giving a series of conflicting answers to questions on the issue as the federal election approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February, Martin told ABC Goulburn Murray <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"he believed the science (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-02-04\/climate-change-a-trendy-topic-for-candidates-of-indi-forum\/10777928\" target=\"_blank\">he believed in the science<\/a> supporting human-induced climate change, but at a forum in Benalla during April he stated human activity was &#8220;most likely&#8221; contributing to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Climate change Lib&#8217;s Martin &#8211; most likely is a human contribution to climate change, sceptic. Data not ideology but data doesn&#8217;t support his belief. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/indivotes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#indivotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ausvotes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ausvotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#auspol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/benalla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#benalla<\/a><\/p>\u2014 ????jansant???? (@Jansant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jansant\/status\/1115926319907233792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same forum in Benalla, Martin also said data \u2014 not ideology \u2014 should determine our response to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Data is clear<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Human influence on the climate system is clear, and recent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are the highest in history. Recent climate changes have had widespread impacts on human and natural systems. <\/p><p>Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, and sea level has risen.<br \/><\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/site\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AR5_SYR_FINAL_SPM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/site\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AR5_SYR_FINAL_SPM.pdf  (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/site\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AR5_SYR_FINAL_SPM.pdf <\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The report finds that limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C would require \u201crapid and far-reaching\u201d transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport, and cities. Global net human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) would need to fall by about 45 percent from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching \u2018net zero\u2019 around 2050. This means that any remaining emissions would need to be balanced by removing CO2 from the air.<br \/><\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/2018\/10\/08\/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments\/\">https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/2018\/10\/08\/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments\/<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The next few years are probably the most important in our history.<\/p><cite> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Debra Roberts, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group II (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/2018\/10\/08\/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments\/\" target=\"_blank\">Debra Roberts, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group II<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The IPCC is very clear on the data and science, it is a climate emergency and we must act now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Coal is dirty<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, Martin repeated his statement at a Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) event that he supports making decisions based on the best available data not ideology, yet added:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I wish we still had our brown coal stations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown coal is the most inefficient producing the highest emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Brown coal is not as efficient at burning as black coal (because of its high moisture and low carbon content) and therefore it produces up to 30 per cent more greenhouse gas emissions than black coal when used to generate electricity.&nbsp; <\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/about-energy\/coal-in-australia.html\">https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/about-energy\/coal-in-australia.html<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin is clearly advocating for the dirtiest energy source, brown coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Here in Victoria we turned down [coal] and unfortunately we&#8217;ve created a lot of instability by reducing 25pc of our power, we had nothing to replace it.<\/p><cite>Steve Martin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria is part of a national energy market using many different energy sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) accounted for 94pc of Australia\u2019s primary energy mix in 2016\u201317.<\/p><p>Australia\u2019s coal consumption in 2016\u201317 was 18pc lower than its peak in 2008\u201309, when its share of the energy mix was around 40pc. Brown coal consumption in 2016\u201317 was around 24pc lower than in 2008\u201309. This partly reflects the closure of twelve coal-fired power stations in the five years to 2016\u201317.<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/australian_energy_update_2018.pdf\">https:\/\/www.energy.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/australian_energy_update_2018.pdf<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We did not reduce our power by 25pc as Martin said, we reduced our use of brown coal \u2014 the highest polluting energy source \u2014 by 24pc. Energy production has not declined in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Energy production rose by 4pc in 2016\u201317 to 17,957 petajoules, primarily as a result of increased natural gas production. This outweighed a fall in oil and brown coal production.<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/australian_energy_update_2018.pdf\">https:\/\/www.energy.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/australian_energy_update_2018.pdf<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4>Facts get fudged<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin&#8217;s claim that the reduction in brown coal energy production has created instability in the grid is also false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coal-fired power station failures, especially during periods of peak energy demand, have been creating both instability in the grid and price spikes for some time now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, renewable energy sources are helping to stabilise the power grid when coal fire power stations fail and in doing so are putting downwards pressure on power bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">old king coal was a sick old soul this week!<br \/>multiple units offline in NSW, causing the state to import a record amount of power. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#auspol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6AatTqduA1\">https:\/\/t.co\/6AatTqduA1<\/a><\/p>\u2014 ????simon holmes \u00e0 court (@simonahac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonahac\/status\/1005370845227724800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>At the moment batteries are expensive but they cannot provide that baseload response that we need.<\/p><cite>Steve Martin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Today\u2019s electricity generation technology is so flexible it doesn\u2019t need a \u2018baseload\u2019. There is no need to keep huge coal-fired stations ticking over 24\/7.<\/p><p>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s sensible to force this historic generation pyramid of baseload thinking onto the market and say, \u2018Look, renewable energy can\u2019t supply this baseload.\u2019 I think the argument is more along the lines that the older design is no longer suitable for newer technologies.<br \/><\/p><cite><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Professor Anthony Vassallo holds the Delta Electricity Chair in Sustainable Energy Development at the University of Sydney (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.energymatters.com.au\/renewable-news\/baseload-energy-generation-expose-myth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Anthony Vassallo Delta Electricity Chair in Sustainable Energy Development at the University of Sydney<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin fudges facts by misrepresenting what baseload power actually is while ignoring the fact battery power delivers instantly dispatchable power at times of grid instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The baseload, that is the lowest load on the generators, is met at 4am.<\/p><p>At that time of the day the idea is that the cheap fuel generators, the coal-fired generators, would be ticking over, just meting that minimum demand.<\/p><p>If the demand dropped even more, some of the big generators would have to turn off, which is very inefficient. So there were schemes like off-peak hot water to provide extra load and use the generator power that was available at that time of night.<\/p><cite><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.energymatters.com.au\/renewable-news\/baseload-energy-generation-expose-myth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Anthony Vassallo<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Response&#8221; is something batteries excel at. In 2017, when Victoria&#8217;s Loy Yang power station failed, South Australia&#8217;s Tesla battery kicked into action a day before it was due to come online and helped stop the grid failing, helping to save Victoria from power outages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Even before the Loy Yang A unit had finished tripping, the 100MW\/129MWh had responded, injecting 7.3MW into the network to help arrest a slump in frequency that had fallen below 49.80Hertz. <\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/tesla-big-battery-outsmarts-lumbering-coal-units-after-loy-yang-trips-70003\/\">https:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/tesla-big-battery-outsmarts-lumbering-coal-units-after-loy-yang-trips-70003\/<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">well, the megabattery was one of several sources that filled in the gap left by failure at loy yang.<br \/>but yes, we are seeing a lot of massive unit failures at coal stations. more than a dozen in oct\/nov.<\/p>\u2014 ????simon holmes \u00e0 court (@simonahac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonahac\/status\/943682634911068160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h4>Statements not squared<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked at the VFF event if he supports new coal-fired power plants being built, Martin said:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>A peaking coal station with the right technology means that we&#8217;d have lower emissions with greater stability. So I&#8217;m absolutely for new generation that compliments our solar to give us that robust network.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>By &#8220;the right technology&#8221; Martin is referring to so-called &#8216;clean coal&#8217;, which is an extremely deceptive name. There is presently no such thing as clean coal energy generation and possibly never will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Australian power stations fitted with \u2018Clean Coal\u2019 technology emit 9.95pc less pollution than stations burning the same fuel with regular sub-critical technology <\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/clean-australias-clean-coal-power-stations-14224\/\">https:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/clean-australias-clean-coal-power-stations-14224\/<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin has repeatedly asserted renewables cannot meet our energy needs by making the point when the sun doesn&#8217;t shine solar power doesn&#8217;t generate energy, he fails to talk about wind power generation which is a booming sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No Fibs<\/em> asked Martin to square his statement to ABC Goulburn Murray of his belief in the science of human-induced climate change with his statement humans are &#8220;most likely contributing&#8221; to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Because I believe in science, adopting what the most likely scenario is, there&#8217;s no certainty in science as you know, so I think certainly from the model and we&#8217;re talking about a model here, I think it&#8217;s most likely that there&#8217;s a human contribution that&#8217;s impacting climate and therefore I think we should act.<\/p><cite>Steve Martin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Climate modelling has historically made very accurate predictions about human-induced climate change and their accuracy has increase in more recent times.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZ38rf7F3al\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; 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How well have climate models predicted global warming? Not too badly&#8230; &#8230; Follow the link in our bio to read more. &#8230; Animation by Rosamund Pearce for Carbon Brief, graph by Zeke Hausfather. #science #ipcc #climatemodel #globalwarming #temperature #globaltemperature #climatescience<\/a><\/p> <p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carbonbrief\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Carbon Brief<\/a> (@carbonbrief) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2017-10-05T17:09:33+00:00\">Oct 5, 2017 at 10:09am PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>More on this graphic:  <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/analysis-how-well-have-climate-models-projected-global-warming\">https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/analysis-how-well-have-climate-models-projected-global-warming<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Denying, spruiking, or both <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Questioning the legitimacy of climate change modelling is a device used by climate change deniers and spruikers for the fossil fuel industry to de-legitimise the data underpinning climate science conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes attacks on climate science and climate scientists are less subtle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, then Prime Minister Tony Abbott&#8217;s department discussed setting up a taskforce in response to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"reports in The Australian newspaper Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) was &quot;wilfully ignoring evidence that contradicts its own propaganda&quot; (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-09-24\/government-discussed-bom-investigation-over-climate-change\/6799628\" target=\"_blank\">reports in <em>The Australian<\/em> newspaper that the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) was &#8220;wilfully ignoring evidence that contradicts its own propaganda&#8221;<\/a>. This echoed similar conspiracy theories about data manipulation by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not once have I heard Martin refer to the impacts our farmers are feeling now, the ongoing destruction of The Great Barrier Reef, the threat to our tourism resorts in the skifields or any of the other serious and life threatening situations faced by many due to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A belief in climate science IS mutually exclusive to scepticism about the data and methods used to underpin its conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By stating a belief in data not ideology (which is an oblique way of questioning its accuracy), questioning the accuracy of climate modelling, suggesting it&#8217;s only &#8220;most likely humans are contributing&#8221; to climate change and lamenting the decline of dirty brown coal in our energy mix, only three conclusions can be drawn with Steve Martin&#8217;s position on climate change:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>He&#8217;s a climate change denier.<\/li><li>He&#8217;s spruiking for the fossil fuel industries and doesn&#8217;t care about future generations.<\/li><li>He&#8217;s both a climate change denier and also spruiking for the fossil fuel industries.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>On climate change once you unpack what Martin says about it, he&#8217;s not what he&#8217;s pretending to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Advance Australia denials<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Hard-right group Advance Australia, led by infamous climate change denier Maurice Newman, is backing a number of hard-right Liberal candidates around Australia including former Prime Minister Tony Abbott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No Fibs<\/em> asked Martin about reports hard-right group Advance Australia are funding and assisting his Indi campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin said:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I&#8217;m not familiar with or involved with Advance Australia.<\/p><p>They haven&#8217;t been in contact with me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>After being pressed on the issue:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I&#8217;ve seen some of the Advance Australia stuff, I certainly didn&#8217;t quantify it as hard-right, the disparaging term you would. I&#8217;ve had no contact with Advance Australia.<\/p><cite>Steve Martin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Although initially saying he&#8217;s not familiar with Advance Australia, he then admits he is familiar with them and doesn&#8217;t think they&#8217;re hard-right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin denied Advance Australia were funding or helping his campaign in any way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So Captain GetUp is being sent down to the Victorian electorate of Indi in May. H\/T <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LMARTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LMARTI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AusVotes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AusVotes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndiVotes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndiVotes<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Eliza Berlage (@verbaliza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/verbaliza\/status\/1120641918226984960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h4>Same-sex marriage resignation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin on same-sex marriage:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>I favour traditional marriage, the debate&#8217;s done. The will of the people of Australia and Indi was clear, it&#8217;s been legislated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4>Abortion reduction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin on abortion:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>In an ideal world it would be legal and rare, it&#8217;s not a great thing the number of abortions we have in Australia. Certainly no-one I&#8217;ve been through the process with has found it easy or straightforward and I think it should be something we want to be reduced in Australia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4>Bullying denials<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Martin won Liberal preselection for Indi, there have been widespread  rumours alleging he was sacked from a previous employer after bullying allegations were made. <em>No Fibs<\/em> asked Martin if there was any truth to rumours he left his previous employment because of bullying allegations:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>No, I left because I got a job with a company project managing a $50 million project.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No Fibs<\/em>:- you&#8217;re denying there were bullying accusations and that was the reason you left?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>No, there was an accusation that had been made that was investigated and found to be without any case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Do you know more? <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/contact\/\"><em>Contact No Fibs<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Further reading: \u2013<\/strong><br \/><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/lib-steveforindi-rejection-of-uluru-statement-from-the-heart-misleads-indivotes-jansant-reports\/\"><em>Lib @steveforindi rejection of Uluru Statement from the Heart \u2018misleads\u2019 #Indivotes: @jansant reports<\/em><\/a><br \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/lib-indivotes-steveforindi-hides-political-facebook-posts-after-winning-preselection-jansant-reports\/\">Lib #IndiVotes @SteveForIndi hides political Facebook posts after winning preselection: @jansant reports<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indi Liberal Party candidate Steve Martin&#8217;s belief in the science behind human-induced climate change is in serious doubt after giving a series of conflicting answers to questions on the issue as the federal election approaches. 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