Fake weather - the Australian Bureau of Meteorology scandal
Contents The heat is on... Findings References ----------------- 1. The heat is on ..... Whilst scrolling through postings on a proto-social media Australian archivist listserv (an electronic mailing list whose origins go back to the 1990s), the writer came across a posting by archivist Michael Piggott regarding early Australian weather records and their reported misuse / abuse to appease a contemporary real, though heavily politicized scientific agenda, namely Climate Change (Piggott 2026). A comparison of the archival record from the National Archives of Australia with that presented by the responsible government agency - the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) - revealed numerous discrepancies in the latter's historical data sets. Accusations came thick and fast from journalist Graham Lloyd and researchers Tom Berger and Professor Geoffrey Sherrington within the 17-18 October 2026 weekend edition of The Australian newspaper that the aforementioned agenda,...