SYDNEY: Australia is set to experience more heat waves, with record-breaking hot weather becoming “normal” across the continent as climate change pushes up land and sea temperatures, a government report has warned.

The biannual State of the Climate report from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and national science body CSIRO said Australia was already experiencing more extremely hot days and severe fire seasons, and projections showed temperatures would likely keep rising.

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