Greens MPs congratulate hoaxer whose deceit triggered sharemarket turmoil

By Jonathan Swan, Judith Ireland, Damien Bright
Updated January 9 2013 - 6:08am, first published 5:14am
"Companies that are driving climate change will increasingly come under scrutiny and be exposed for their investments" ... Senator Christine Milne, Greens leader.
"Companies that are driving climate change will increasingly come under scrutiny and be exposed for their investments" ... Senator Christine Milne, Greens leader.

THE Greens leader, Senator Christine Milne, has endorsed a controversial hoax by an anti-coal activist, saying his actions were ''part of a long and proud history of civil disobedience, potentially breaking the law, to highlight something wrong''.

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