Bureau of Meteorology defends the accuracy of its climate records

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he Bureau of Meteorology has defended the accuracy of its climate records after documents released under freedom-of-information laws showed the Abbott government considered investigating its estimates on global warming.

The agency said that while it welcomed scrutiny of its scientific work "the bureau has always confidently maintained that it has not altered climate records to exaggerate estimates of global warming".

The comments come after documents released to the ABC showed former Prime Minister Tony Abbott's department discussed investigating the bureau's climate data following claims in The Australian newspaper last year that the bureau was "wilfully ignoring evidence that contradicts its own propaganda".

Read Lisa Cox’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Bureau of Meteorology defends climate data after revelations Abbott's department considered probe”.