Peak hyperbole: Government leaks anonymous rumours of “intense”, “dire”, “diabolical” new secret climate modeling
Ministry of Climate Panic
By Jo Nova
Could it get more vacuous? We used to think climate simulations were bad. Now we don’t even have the modeling, we have unverified, imaginary, rumors of modeling…
In a new PR tactic, the Labor government has leaked that it has “held back” an intense and scary report. This means the Blob-Media can put out frightening headlines about how dire the report is (and none of those horrid critics can ridicule the assumptions).
This new extended version of vague “non-releases” allows the Ministry of Climate Panic to get in a few extra weeks of baseless media speculation, hyperbole and uninformed discussion. Furthermore the Greens can pretend to be relevant by demanding its release, as if they want transparency, and as if the government is “covering up” the climate disaster while they actually promote it. It’s a win-win for the Blob.
Labor keeps ‘dire’ climate report under wrapsThe reason for the tabloid theatre is that next month the Australian government is announcing new sacred emissions targets for UN Climate Piety and Net Zero goals by 2035. Hence if there actually was a climate crisis, and if Australia could make any meaningful contribution to solving it, the report should have been released late last year when “the modeling was done”. Instead, like a Hollywood movie release, the leaked secrets have been not-dropped a month ahead, just in time to wind up the crowd without allowing for any meaningful scrutiny. Just like the original emissions target, which was “held back” instead of being released before the election.
Obviously, if the modeling was bad AND convincing, they would have released it all months ago.
Risks of climate crisis to Australia’s economy and environment are ‘intense and scary’, unreleased government report says
The Guardian
From the Australian Financial Review: we have “anonymous” sources
Sources familiar with the modelling, who asked for anonymity to speak about sensitive government information, described some of the scenarios outlined in the report – known as the National Climate Risk Assessment – as “dire”, “diabolical” and “extremely confronting”.
The report’s modelling has been largely complete since late 2024 and stakeholder groups have been repeatedly notified about its imminent publication.
What Stakeholders have been notified? It seems everyone who expects to score money from this has been told about it, and everyone who has to pay for it doesn’t count. In this case “stakeholders” means people in on the grift. Not people who have a “stake” in the outcome.
https://joannenova.com.au/2025/08/peak-hyperbole-government-leaks-anonymous-rumours-of-intense-dire-diabolical-new-secret-climate-modeling/
