CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology release State of the Climate report

Sharon O'Keeffe
Updated December 20 2018 - 10:48am, first published 8:00am
Rainfall has been very low over parts of southern and western Australia between the months of April and October over recent decades. Source: Bureau of Meteorology
Rainfall has been very low over parts of southern and western Australia between the months of April and October over recent decades. Source: Bureau of Meteorology

TEMPERATURES will continue to increase, southern and eastern Australia will face more bushfires and southern Australia will see an increase in droughts due to decreasing winter and spring rainfall.

Sharon O'Keeffe

Sharon O'Keeffe

National Agriculture Writer - Farm Machinery and Technology

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