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'''Alex Robson''' is an economist and [[climate change skeptic]] with close links to the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] in Australia. He currently works for [[Concept Economics]], a lecturer right-wing economics consultancy based in economics at the Australian National UniversityCanberra [http://www.concepteconomics.com.au/staff_bios_senior_econList.php]

==Liberal Party Links==Robson is a Member of the Academic Advisory Board for the [[Menzies Research Centre]], a [[think tank]] funded and run by [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]]. He has also previously worked as Senior Economic Adviser to [[Malcolm Turnbull]], leader of the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] in Australia. [http://www.concepteconomics.com.au/cmsAdmin/uploads/CV_Alex_Robson_Feb_09.pdf] ==Climate Change Denial== In May 2007 Robson and [[Sinclair Davidson]] challenged the view that the assessment of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ]] was sufficient to decide there was a need to make substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Claiming that there was a "lack of knowledge and understanding of climate change", they wrote that "it is not unreasonable for policy-makers to adopt a cautious approach to policy change. It is also not unreasonable for people to discount the hysterical commentary around climate change." <ref>Sinclair Davidson and Alex Robson, "[http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2007/05/01/3348_opinion.html Hypothetical hysterics at 90 per cent]", ''Geelong Advertiser'', May 1, 2007.</ref> ==Links to other right-wing groups==  Robson is a former secretary of the [[Australian Libertarian Society]], and won the [[Mont Pelerin Society]] Hayek Essay Competition in 2002. [http://libertarian.org.au/events.jsp] Robson has written articles for both the [[Institute for Public Affairs]] and the [[Centre for Independent Studies]] - Australia's two most prominent right-wing [[think tank]]s.