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Cr King said that more frequent, big storms also damage roads, bridges and infrastructure. Recent storms had undermined the lookout tower at Hungry Head and a bridge at Darkwood had needed repair. “We know that the science is telling us that these events are becoming more frequent and more intense”, he said. As well, heat waves affect road and park maintenance and the general health of some sections of the population, which all add to Council costs. The Climate Council has released a new re...

It hasn’t changed at all January 30, 2021 — 10.40pm Save Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. It hasn’t changed at all In 1985, my RMIT sociology lecturer stood me in front of the class and declared me to be a ″⁣statistical anomaly″⁣ – not just a state school student, but a student from the western suburbs (Deer Park High). As a shy kid, I burnt with mortification, embarrassment and ...

Climate Council NEW REPORT: NSW Takes Massive Financial Hit From Climate Change A NEW REPORT from the Climate Council has found that climate-driven extreme weather disasters have cost New South Wales $9 billion in the past decade, and it is only going to get worse. The Hitting Home: The Compounding Costs of Climate Inaction report says all the types of extreme weather events that affected NSW in 2020—bushfires, heatwaves, drought, storms, coastal erosion, and flooding—will worsen due to cli...

Date Time NEW REPORT: Australia Takes Massive Financial Hit From Climate Change THE COST of extreme weather in Australia has more than doubled since the 1970s, and totalled $35 billion over the past decade, a new Climate Council report has found. “There is no doubt that we have entered an era of consequences arising from decades of climate inaction and delay,” said lead author and Climate Council spokesman, Professor Will Steffen. “And it is going to get worse. By 2038, extreme weather ev...