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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 I believe the Australian climate has always been a land of droughts and floods \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Farmers face \u2018new world\u2019 of extreme weather as scientists urge action on climate change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By David Claughton<\/a>, Michael Condon<\/a> and Cara Jeffery<\/a>ABC Rural<\/a>
Topic:Climate Change<\/a>
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Climate scientist and University of Melbourne Emeritus Professor David Karoly said a near-stationary high pressure system in the Tasman Sea<\/a> had contributed to the high rainfall event, stalling a moist, easterly flow of air over the NSW coast.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Craig Emerton, whose family has been farming at Croki since 1856, described the May floods as \u201ctotally unprecedented\u201d, with water levels three times higher than he had experienced before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the dairy farmer said he was not convinced climate change was the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pointed to geography for evidence of what happened before Australia was colonised and flood height records were started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we look at the landform on this coastal flood plain, we can see that there\u2019s been big floods over the years where sediment has built up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy dad spoke of six floods in six weeks \u2026 so we just happen to be in a very wet period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Dungog, fellow dairy farmer Sue McGinn shared his view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe the Australian climate has always been a land of droughts and floods,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/rural\/2025-06-05\/climate-change-linked-to-floods-extreme-weather-nsw\/105353550<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Aussie farmers have been on the receiving end of climate activism in recent years, with allegations of bullying and heavy-handed tactics pushing through renewable infrastructure approvals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Widgee “Say NO to the Lines” Rally: Meet the Aussie Battlers Standing Up to Big Green<\/a><\/blockquote>