Climate Activist-Backed MP Defends Shares in Gas and Oil Companies

Climate Activist-Backed MP Defends Shares in Gas and Oil Companies
Independent member for North Sydney Kylea Tink at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, August 4, 2022. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
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An Australian parliamentarian backed by a major climate activist group has confirmed that she owns shares in oil and gas producers, refiners, and a toll road operator.
As fossil fuel shares remain strong amidst the Russian-Ukraine war, “teal” Independent MP Kylea Tink revealed in a statement of interests filed to parliament that she holds shares in Beach Energy Ltd, Viva Energy Group Ltd, and Transurban group, according to reports by News Corp. 
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