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Australians are feeling the heat of climate change. For the fossil fuel industry it’s still business as usual

28 Dec 2022

Recent legislative action to curtail the power of the gas and coal industry are a glimmer of progress but more needs to be done

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Wed 28 Dec 2022 01.05 GMT

It has been a tumultuous year for the climate in Australia: from record-breaking weather events to a climate surprise in the election, a new target and a global energy crisis, this year has seen its fair share of change.

In February, the east-coast town of Lismore and the northern rivers region in New South Wales were hit by the worst flooding in Australia’s modern history – the first of what would be a year of terrible floods, against the backdrop of a record third La Niña. Australia’s climate impacts are worsening, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO. Many of those being hit by floods now were three years ago battling raging bushfires and drought.

The Morrison government’s response was weak, with its March budget delivering little in terms of action.

The beginning of the year also saw the Great Barrier Reef suffer its sixth major bleaching event, and our coral reef scientists have recently flagged the prospects of a seventh.

Australians are feeling the heat of climate change, and in May they voted accordingly, delivering a win to Anthony Albanese’s Labor party, which saw voters switching away from the Coalition, but to the independents and the Greens, rather than Labor. The ABC’s Vote Compass showed the biggest issue for voters, more than the economy or the pandemic, was climate change, surprising many. This has since been confirmed by other research.

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