I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Hopefully, most can now kick back & relax heading into New Year. In AU summer temps have been swinging wildly by up to 20°C or more. After a few heatwaves hitting 40°C, the east coast was around 20°C over Christmas.

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#SummerHolidays #ClimateAU

Was Australia's winter actually colder than normal? The general sentiment that Australia just shivered through a cold winter is false —although it wasn't as warm as forecasts predicted pre-season.

Australia's 2025 winter was cooler than forecast, but still .5°C above the 1961-1990 average. Despite record flooding, nationally rainfall was about average. Summer 2025 forecast is for above average temperatures & rain. #2025Spring #SummerIsComing #ClimateAU 🇦🇺🌦️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Peter Dutton’s new energy plan sounds like a gas. In reality it means more emissions – and more profits for industry | Tim Buckley The opposition leader’s new national gas plan aims at increasing domestic gas production. But in reality that just means more subsidies for gas companies

Great article on why Dutton’s gas reservation policy is nonsense.

Unless Dutton wants to get embroiled in litigation to overturn existing licenses it would only apply to new gas projects, to be subsidised by tax payers.

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