Expect warmer days and less rain this winter

Farmers awaiting winter rains look likely to be disappointed, as the national forecaster releases its predictions for a warm, dry winter for most of the country.

Australia is set for a warm, dry winter, according
 to forecasts from the Bureau of Meteorology.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology’s release on Thursday, drought-ravaged Queensland is not expected to hit historical averages for rainfalls for June to August.

The bureau further tipped a drier-than-average winter for New South Wales, Victoria, south-eastern South Australia, northern Tasmania, the Northern Territory, and parts of Western Australia.

Read The New Daily story - “Expect warmer days and less rain this winter.”

‘Disappointed': Josh Frydenberg sorry to see Neg dumped

Josh Frydenberg says he’s disappointed the energy policy he spent months formulating is now dead, and he says the Coalition’s message at the next federal election will be that both the major parties have failed to land durable policies to reduce emissions.

 Josh Frydenberg says reducing emissions is
‘a challenge that has dogged both sides of politics’.

The treasurer told the ABC on Sunday “no one is more disappointed than I am” about the government dumping the national energy guarantee, which Scott Morrison confirmed remained the official government position over the weekend.

Frydenberg, who as energy and environment minister spearheaded the Neg, said “a lot of work went into the national energy guarantee” but he had to recognise the reality that colleagues refused to support it.

Read the story by Kathrine Murphy from The Guardian - “‘Disappointed': Josh Frydenberg sorry to see Neg dumped.”