We were informed to day that November was the hottest on record for Oz.

Very easy to say in what is still a young country.
Until more recent times record keeping for such were all local efforts and some not well conducted, particularly in some bush areas.

But the same ones fail to tell us that last summer was the coolest on record, same persons doing the recording no doubt.

It has reached the point where if you bang the drum hard enough and long enough people will take notice whether it is correct or not.