AUSTRALIA — The government has accused green groups of deliberately misleading the Australian people by raising concerns about the roll over of long term logging agreements. The accusations from federal assistant agriculture minister senator Anne Ruston were revealed after Guardian Australia reported the government itself had discussed concerns that the agreements were invalid as they are based on old scientific assessments. In February 2018 Ruston sent letters attacking the groups for “deliberately and dishonestly” making misleading claims in emails about the regional forest agreements (RFAs).