Dr David R.B. Stockwell writes, Progress on the surface temperature front as follows:

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment Bob Baldwin established a Technical Advisory Forum comprised of leading scientists and statisticians to review  and provide advice on Australia’s official temperature data set in January following recommendations by an independent peer review.

The Forum’s report has been published at
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/acorn-sat/documents/2015_TAF_report.pdf.

Here are the links to the press articles from the Australian included below

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/bureau-of-meteorology-told-to-improve-data-handling-analysis

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/questions-remain-on-bom-records
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Questions remain on BoM records, The Australian, June 20, 2015
Graham Lloyd

The results of an independent ­review of the Bureau of Mete­or­ology’s national temperature records should “ring alarm bells” for those who had believed the bureau’s methods were transparent, says a key critic, Jennifer ­Marohasy.

Dr Marohasy said the review panel, which recommended that better statistical methods and data handling be adopted, justified many of the concerns raised.

However, the failure to ­address specific issues, such as the exaggerated warming…