Counterpoint (Radio National)

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Counterpoint is an Australian current affairs weekly radio program broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National since May 2004. Since inception and as of 2021, former senator and federal government minister Amanda Vanstone hosts the program.[1][2]

Programming of Counterpoint includes a range of subjects that tend towards conservative theories and ideas counter to general popular trends in Australian society. It regularly picks up on threads of conservative sources and material from the United States.[citation needed]

Counterpoint has been active in promoting criticism of the scientific consensus on global warming, and has regularly featured guests who adopt a position of climate change denial. Climate change critics who have appeared on the program include: Bob Carter, Ian Castles, Ray Evans, William Kininmonth, Jennifer Marohasy, David Henderson, Patrick J. Michaels, Bjørn Lomborg, Vincent Gray, and Garth Paltridge.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "Past Programs by Date - Counterpoint". ABC Radio National. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Counterpoint, with Amanda Vanstone". ABC Radio National. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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