Daily Telegraph criticised by Press Council for inaccuracies in ‘Green Moaners’ article

News Corp’s The Daily Telegraph has been condemned by The Press Council after it accused conservation organisation, BirdLife Australia, of using taxpayers’ money to disrupt “major projects and government policies and lawsuits.”

The article ran on December 6 2016, and was entitled ‘Enviro-mental state funds for green moaners’ in print, and ‘Environmental protesters receiving state and federal grants even as they disrupt major projects‘ online.

BirdLife Australia was accused of using taxpayers money to campaign against the Baird government