The publisher of a New South Wales year 10 history textbook has rejected complaints from federal Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly that it misrepresents facts about climate change.
Kelly says the book’s description of Tony Abbott as a climate change denier is an offensive slur equal to holocaust deniers, adding natural disasters are nothing out of the ordinary.
A spokesperson for the publisher, Pearson, says they build textbooks to support the Australian curriculum, and stand by the book and its author.