''Counterpoint'' is an Australian

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weekly radio program broadcast by the

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since May 2004. Since inception and , former senator and

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minister Amanda Vanstone hosts the program. Programming of ''Counterpoint'' includes a range of subjects that tend towards conservative theories and ideas counter to general popular trends in Australian society. It regularly picks up on threads of conservative sources and material from the United States. ''Counterpoint'' has been active in promoting criticism of the

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, and has regularly featured guests who adopt a position of

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. Climate change critics who have appeared on the program include: Bob Carter, Ian Castles, Ray Evans, William Kininmonth, Jennifer Marohasy, David Henderson,

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, Bjørn Lomborg, Vincent Gray, and Garth Paltridge.

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