The federal government was prepared to shell out more than $10,000 for skeptical environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg to attend the first meeting of a new aid think tank…Dr Lomborg was a personal pick by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop…reference group will meet every 6 months to discuss ways to shake up Australia’s aid delivery…Although the federal government has separately allocated $4 million for Dr Lomborg to set up a think tank at an Australian university – yet to find a home – DFAT listed him under “global thought leaders”

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