Sydney Morning Herald (July 6)
“Property prices could fall by more than initially feared as the Reserve Bank ratchets up official interest rates to fight surging inflation…. Property watchers were already forecasting price falls of between 15 and 20 per cent in Sydney and Melbourne.” It now looks increasingly likely the price declines will be even steeper.
Tags: 15–20%, Falls, Forecasting, Interest rates, Melbourne, Price, Property prices, Ratchets up, Reserve Bank, Steeper, Surging inflation, Sydney
Radio New Zealand (August 17)
Going into a national lock down “buys us some time to see results of testing and contact tracing to assess how widely the outbreak has spread.” So far, there’s only one case, but he may have infected others. “One thing we’ve learned from watching Sydney over the past two months is that half-measures can quickly lead to disaster…. Our best option is to go hard now and then relax later if it turns out we have avoided the worst…. With Delta there are no second chances.”
Tags: Contact tracing, Delta, Disaster, Half-measures, Lock down, Outbreak, Relax, Second chances, Spread, Sydney, Testing
Time (October 16)
“Fresh insight into the physical and emotional toll of ultra-long haul travel should emerge this weekend when Qantas Airways Ltd. flies direct from New York to Sydney. No airline has ever completed that route without stopping. At nearly 20 hours, it’s set to be the world’s longest flight, leaving the U.S. on Friday and landing in Australia during its Sunday morning.”
Tags: Airline, Australia, Emotional, Flight, Insight, Longest, New York, Physical, Qantas, Route, Sydney, Travel, U.S., Ultra-long haul
Salon (March 6)
“Someday, not all that far in the future, sea level rise is going to drown our coastal cities. And it’s not only our homes and livelihoods that are at risk, but also our culture.” Of 720 UNESCO World Heritage sites, a new study asserts 136, including the Statue of Liberty and Sydney’s famed Opera House, might be left underwater. Other losses will likely extend to Venice, the Tower of London, the leaning tower of Pisa, Westminster Abbey and central Bruges, Naples, Riga and St. Petersburg.
Tags: Bruges, Culture, Naples, Opera House, Pisa, Riga, Risk, Sea level, St. Petersburg, Statue of Liberty, Sydney, Tower of London, Unesco, Venice, Westminster Abbey, World Heritage sites
The Australian (October 10)
“As Sydney gears up for what could be its hottest October day on record, a landmark study warns that such extremes will be the norm in just 25 years.” The predicted climate departure dates for Australia range “from 2038 in Sydney to 2049 in Adelaide.” West Papua will get hit much earlier (2020) and Anchorage much later (2071), with Tokyo sandwiched in the middle (2041).
Tags: Adelaide, Anchorage, Australia, Climate departure, Extreme temperatures, Sydney, Tokyo, West Papua
