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{{#badges: Climate change | Front groups | CoalSwarm}}The '''Galileo Movement''' is a a climate sceptic skeptic lobby group set up to oppose carbon pricing, based in [[Australia]]. On its website the group states that "our objective is to expose misrepresentations pushing a 'price on carbon dioxide'."<ref>The Galileo Movement [http://www.galileomovement.com.au/galileo_movement.php "The Galileo Movement"], Galileo Movement organizational website, accessed May , 2011.</ref>

Founded in 2011 by retirees [[John Smeed]], an engineer, and [[Case Smit]], a hygienist, the group launched its website in May, 2011. The group's patron is conservative Australian broadcaster, [[Alan Jones]].<ref>Galileo Movement [http://www.galileomovement.com.au/who_we_are.php#H "Patron"], Galileo Movement website, accessed May , 2011.</ref>

The group blames global warming on variations in solar radiation, ocean-atmosphere oscillations, deviations in the Earth's orbit, and mountain-building continental drift and associated volcanic eruptions — -- all dismissed by mainstream science.<ref>Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath [http://www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/green-deals-solar-strikes-back "Green Deals: Solar strikes back"], ''Climate Spectator'', blog, May 19, 2011.</ref> It warns of "climate police" having the right to intrude into people's lives in Australia, and suggests that the global warming "movement" has parallels with Hitler, Stalin and Mao who convinced their people to murder their fellow countrymancountrymen. Its "panel of experts" include News Ltd blogger [[Andrew Bolt]], climate sceptic blogger [[Jo Nova]], and prominent sceptics [[William Kininmonth]], [[Bob Carter]], [[Ian Plimer]], [[David Flint]], and [[Christopher Monckton]].