Richard Glover on climate policy: Australia insignificant? Pathetic and absurd

Like a lot of Australian adolescents, I formed an early passion for maps. I used to sit in bed, idly running my finger along the various routes out of my suburb. I imagined myself driving north to Sydney and Brisbane, then inland to the cattle country of Charleville and Roma.

On my childhood map, there was a dotted line somewhere west of Charleville.

On my childhood map, there was a dotted line somewhere west of Charleville. "Please notify local authorities if you plan to cross this line.”

Read the story by Richard Glover from The Sydney Morning Herald - “Richard Glover on climate policy: Australia insignificant? Pathetic and absurd.”

‘Summer-like' heat to nudge late-season heat records across south-east

A burst of heat from inland Australia is set to sweep across the country's south-east in coming days, challenging records for this late in the year, meteorologists said.

Wind whips up the dust over a dry farm in the Deniliquin region.

"Summer-like conditions will linger for several days," Kim Westcott, a meteorologist with Weatherzone, said.

The low-pressure trough will transport to the south-eastern states some of the warmth that has been baking north-western WA. That region set late-season Australian heat records of just shy of 46 degrees on both March 28 and 29.

Read Peter Hannam’s story from The Age - “‘Summer-like' heat to nudge late-season heat records across south-east.”