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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Environmental issues</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BSee%20also%7CClimate%20change%20in%20Australia%7CGreenhouse%20gas%20emissions%20in%20Australia%7CPollution%20in%20Australia%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22See%20also%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img 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data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" href="#cite_note-1"><span data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> In 2007, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22First%20Rudd%20Government%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22First%20Rudd%20Government%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFirst%20Rudd%20Government%5D%5D%22%7D" 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Nevertheless, Australia's <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22carbon%20dioxide%20emissions%20per%20capita%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22List%20of%20countries%20by%20carbon%20dioxide%20emissions%20per%20capita%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BList%20of%20countries%20by%20carbon%20dioxide%20emissions%20per%20capita%7Ccarbon%20dioxide%20emissions%20per%20capita%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" class="new" title="List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGlzdF9vZl9jb3VudHJpZXNfYnlfY2FyYm9uX2Rpb3hpZGVfZW1pc3Npb25zX3Blcl9jYXBpdGE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">carbon dioxide emissions per capita</a> are among the highest in the world, lower than those of only a few other industrialised nations.<span data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" 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data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" href="#cite_note-2"><span data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>3<span data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Rainfall in Australia has slightly increased over the past century, both nationwide and for two quadrants of the nation.<span data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" 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data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" href="#cite_note-3"><span data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">According to the <a 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data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGFfTmklQzMlQjFhP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">La Niña</a> weather pattern, however, "the country's 10-year average continues to demonstrate the rising trend in temperatures, with 2002–2011 likely to rank in the top two warmest 10-year periods on record for Australia, at 0.52 °C above the long-term average".<span data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.bom.gov.au%5C%2Fannouncements%5C%2Fmedia_releases%5C%2Fclimate%5C%2Fchange%5C%2F20120104.shtml%20%7Ctitle%3DAnnual%20Australian%20Climate%20Statement%202011%20%7Cpublisher%3DBom.gov.au%20%7Cdate%3D4%20January%202012%20%7Caccessdate%3D15%20April%202012%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.abc.net.au%5C%2Fnews%5C%2F2015-01-06%5C%2Fbureau-weather-wrap-2014%5C%2F6001826%7Ctitle%3D2014%20was%20Australia%27s%20warmest%20year%20on%20record%3A%20BoM%7Cwork%3D%5B%5BABC%20%28Australia%29%7CABC%20Online%5D%5D%7Cdate%3D21%20January%202015%7Caccessdate%3D2%20February%202015%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-6 class=reference"><a 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data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGliZXJhbF9QYXJ0eV9vZl9BdXN0cmFsaWE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Liberal Government</a>.<span data-rte-instance="40-6455468025f9df026401b7" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.smh.com.au%5C%2Fenvironment%5C%2Fclimate-change%5C%2Fcarbon-price-helped-curb-emissions-anu-study-finds-20140716-ztuf6.html%7Ctitle%3DCarbon%20price%20helped%20curb%20emissions%2C%20ANU%20study%20finds%7Cwork%3D%5B%5BThe%20Sydney%20Morning%20Herald%5D%5D%7Cdate%3D17%20July%202014%7Caccessdate%3D8%20April%202015%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-9 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7BCite%20web%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.energy.unimelb.edu.au%5C%2Fdocuments%5C%2Faustralia-repealed-its-carbon-tax-%5Cu2014-and-emissions-are-now-soaring%7Ctitle%3DAustralia%20repealed%20its%20carbon%20tax%20%5Cu2014%20and%20emissions%20are%20now%20soaring%7Cfirst%3DBrad%7Clast%3DPalmer%7Cwork%3D%5B%5BThe%20University%20of%20Melbourne%5D%5D%7Cdate%3D6%20November%202014%7Caccessdate%3D8%20April%202015%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-10 class=reference"><a 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