Lying for Gaia:

‘CLAIMS prominent climate change scientists had recently received death threats have been revealed as an opportunistic ploy, with the Australian National University admitting that they occurred up to five years ago.
….Only two of ANU’s climate change scientists allegedly received death threats, the first in a letter posted in 2006-2007 and the other an offhand remark made in person 12 months ago.
Neither was officially reported to ACT Police or Australian Federal Police, despite such crimes carrying a 10-year prison sentence.
The outdated threats raised question marks over the timing of their release to the public, with claims they were aired last week to draw sympathy to scientists and their climate change cause…’ source
Nah, really?   Who would be so cynical as to believe that? Note the phrase “and their climate change cause”…. speaks volumes.
And while we’re here, there’s a fine item in today’s Australian by Gary Johns:
‘European pissants, humbug hypocrisy’