Article 5X612 ‘It reached 38 degrees’: rental properties across Australia routinely exceeding safe temperatures, study reveals

‘It reached 38 degrees’: rental properties across Australia routinely exceeding safe temperatures, study reveals

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Stephanie Convery
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Warnings come as extreme heat kills more people than all other natural disasters in Australia combined

Karen Thorne's rental home heats up as soon as the morning sun hits her east-facing bedroom in the Sydney suburb of Rosemeadow.

I could wake up at 8am to 28-degree heat in there," Thorne said. The heat is what actually wakes me up."

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