28 Dec 2022
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Wed 28 Dec 2022 01.05 GMT
I t 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
delivering little
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
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 other research
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