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Matt Canavan says landmark climate assessment a cynical attempt to spread fear and panic'

Nationals senator Matt Canavan discounted the headlines behind the landmark national climate risk assessment, saying the government had conveniently timed the report while calling the document a cynical attempt to spread fear and panic among people".

The problem is the headline figures are never as bad as the detailed science that underlies it. ...

It reads like the Book of Daniel, not a government report. I mean, I like government reports that are sober and reasonable. ... I think Australians like a government, that just tell them the truth and not try and scare them. We saw that during Covid. People are trying to scare you because they've got an agenda, right?