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Not happy: Canberra Liberal Brendan Smyth says the government should reconsider its funding of the production. Photo: Rohan Thomson

A $19,000 ACT governmentgrant for a theatre production called Kill Climate Deniers is outrageous and must be reconsidered, the Canberra Liberals say.

The ACT Oppositionand right-wing commentator Andrew Bolt lined up to condemn the grant, part of the latest round of ArtsACT funding, calling it an outrage" and demanding the government reconsider its funding.

But ArtsACT director David Whitney said the authors had explicitly stated in their application they did not advocate or believe in violence of any kind, including for political reasons.

According to the description on the play's website, it is about a group of heavily armed eco-activists who break into a major Australian institution and hold the occupants hostage.

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It says in the play their demands are an immediate cessation of all carbon emissions and the immediate transformation of the Australian economy away from any reliance on fossil fuels.

"In short, what would it take to actually stop climate change, dead in its tracks? The answer is: guns. And lots of them," the website reads.

It comes after Ms Burch came under fire for allowing the Fringe Festival to include a performerin a Nazi-style uniform and wearing a Hitler moustache who stripped down to her underwear. ACT Opposition Leader Jeremy Hanson called on Ms Burch to resign as minister after the incident.

Bolt said he didn't see how the ACT government could justify spending taxpayers' money on the latest production.

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Liberals outraged that 'Kill Climate Deniers' play is funded by the ACT government