Environmental advocacy: central to democracy, under attack (again)

The government’s been sending letters to environment groups registered as eligible for tax deductible donations. That includes Friends of the Earth. They do this every year, but this time around the letters are different, in a disturbing way. First up, Brendan Sydes from Environmental Justice Australia explains the background to latest orchestrated attempt to roll back the tax deductible status of Australia's ENGOs and the current federal treasury inquiry.Then, research co-ordinator at Market Forces, Jack Bertolus, talks about their survey of Australia’s the big four banks' lending practices to the coal industry and the recently published 'Adani list'.