Residents Wonder Why Australians Homes Are so Cold

Published on June 23, 2024

A recent temperature dip has Australians taking to social media asking an important question: why are our houses so cold? Sydney and Melbourne experienced their chilliest morning of the year so far on June 19, with lows of 6.5 degrees Celsius and 1.4 Celsius, respectively. Days earlier Central Queensland had its iciest night on record at 5.6 Celsius, with residents waking up to unseasonable frost covering the ground. Since then, multiple videos have gone viral on social media of people complaining that Australian houses are ill-equipped for the weather. “I can confidently tell you that the coldest I have ever been is living in a Melbourne share house in the middle of July,” one user said in a video on social media platform TikTok....

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