text: An example of how to scare people by cherry picking - the use of selected data - is shown in The Department of Infrastructures State of Australian Cities Report , which claimed that the ocean near Perth was rising at three times the global average. They did not use all the data available (from 1897), but from 1993, which happens to be the lowest level in local tide gauges since 1941. This is shown on Fig. 1, but it is clearer on Fig. 2 for Hillarys. If it had used 1999 instead of 1993, it would show that sea level was falling. By cherry picking suitable dates you can get any rate and outcome - you want.