Every NSW Liberal who lets their party participation be influenced by Photios should be embarrassed. How can this kind of thing be tolerated? Two months after the release of [Chief Scientist Alan] Finkel's review [into global warming policies], Kristina's Conservatives for Conservation brought 90 corporate and political guests together for a "Finkel Report Brief" in a theatre in NSW parliament house...
Three senior businessmen sat on the four-person panel, representing AGL, the multinational technology company Siemens and the law firm Norton Rose Fullbright.
AGL has pushed for the Australian government to adopt a clean energy target as the company moves toward non-coal energy investments worth billions.
Siemens is another heavy investor in new energy technology while Norton Rose Fulbright describes itself as a "powerhouse" of energy advice.
What the audience paying $65 a head for the Finkel briefing was not told was that all three businesses were registered clients of the Photios' lobbying firms.
