This BBC News article reminded me of Bruce Yandle's "Bootleggers and Baptists" theory, which is basically about the use of high-minded rhetoric to push an agenda to simply increase one's economic clout. Unless, of course, you really believe that a research institute funded by the Australian government showing that eating kangaroo instead of beef is truly only looking out for the environment.
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