Perth's coldest May morning in almost a century - ABC Perth - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Perth recorded its coldest May morning for 98 years with parts of the metro greeted with frost as the temperature dropped to 1.3 degrees just before 7am this morning.

That equals the record low set on May 11, 1914.

Near-record cold for sun-starved SA and NSW - State News - Agribusiness and General - General - The Land

Many centres have been within a degree-or-so of their May record low maximum.

Without global warming, we'd be under a mile of ice by now : The Times of Northwest Indiana

Thank goodness for global warming. Not only was the winter great, but without global warming Chicago would be under a mile of ice. It finally warmed and receded to form the Great Lakes.

Climate bills get two hours of scrutiny

The federal opposition says the government is not allowing enough scrutiny of its carbon tax laws.

The House of Representatives economics committee has scheduled a two-hour public hearing on Monday to look at four bills dealing with carbon pricing and the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation.