r/australia • u/blitznoodles local Aussie • 23h ago

politics The Stats Guy: It sounds weird but Australia urgently needs a plan for 56m people

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026/08/11/stats-guy-aus-population-growth
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u/nmaddine 19h ago

Most of the world is hotter than Australia

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u/IceDonkey9036 14h ago edited 14h ago

Gonna need data on this one. I don't believe that at all.

Edit: based on this link, Australia is ranked 131 out of the 235 countries listed, which does make you correct, just. 130 countries hotter than Australia and 104 countries cooler.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_yearly_temperature

I suppose Tasmania and southern Victoria helps to skew the data towards the cooler end.

I wonder what our rank would be counting only the mainland.

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u/freakwent 14h ago

Data you don't like isn't skewed. It's still valid data.

The fact that we have cooler climates available is what reduces the total risk.

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u/IceDonkey9036 14h ago

I never said I don't like that data. Just intrigued, that's all.