Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I will first respond to the State of the climate 2022 report and say, like Senator Waters and, I hope, most people who look at this issue rationally—and I'm afraid that doesn't necessarily include many opposite—that it is a deeply concerning report. It is a report that's released every two years. It shows an increase in extreme heat events and heavy rainfall, longer fire seasons and sea level rises. It shows, as Senator Waters said, Australia's land climate has warmed by an average of 1.47 degrees since national records began in 1910.