Governments accused of failing to act as temperatures rise

A baking hot day in Sydney

A baking hot day in Sydney Source: Getty / Andrew Merry/Getty Images

Heatwaves have caused more deaths in Australia in the past 200 years than any other natural hazard, and are overwhelmingly affecting lower socio-economic communities.



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