Essay by Eric Worrall
But more people still die in winter.
Disabled and elderly Aussies tagged as most vulnerable by bombshell extreme heat report
A natural disaster that leaves “very little visible destruction” is killing Australians in droves, and things could potentially get worse.
Jack Nivison
May 1, 2026 – 1:55PMA bombshell report has shockingly revealed more Aussies, most of whom are elderly or disabled, have been killed by extreme heat than all other natural disasters combined over an 18-year period.
According to the NSW Net Zero Commission, extreme heat has been responsible for more than half of all listed natural hazard fatalities between 2000 and 2018, with western Sydney bearing the brunt of these reported incidents.
Sweltering Cities executive director Emma Bacon has campaigned to raise awareness around heat inequality and the severe impacts of extreme heat conditions since founding the organisation in 2020. She said the report accurately highlighted “key problems when it comes to recognising heat as a disaster”.
“We don’t have the same really shocking visual story or evidence that we have with other disasters. For floods, fires and storms, you can really see the destruction. For heat, what we see is empty streets,” Ms Bacon said.
“People who are most likely to get sick and die are often falling ill in these isolated, really private circumstances, so you don’t have the photographic evidence of how bad things are getting.”
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Read more: https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/disabled-and-elderly-aussies-tagged-as-most-vulnerable-by-bombshell-extreme-heat-report/news-story/cc2582a4101466aca81de1b7b4ba8bf5
Back in the real world, mortality in Australia in winter is far higher than mortality in Summer, as it is everywhere else. Even in hot countries like India this trend holds.
Why do greens keep pushing this absurd fantasy, that heat presents a more serious problem than cold?
Perhaps for the same reason they keep claiming renewables are cheaper, despite overwhelming evidence from Europe and California and many other places that renewables are an unmitigated disaster. Without alarmist fairytales, they’ve got nothing.
