Now that Tony Abbott's government has slashed government spending on climate change-related programs, the climate hysteria is ramping up in some quarters.  At The Guardian, Alex White writes that "Australia's extreme budget meets extreme climate."  Well, Australia naturally has an extreme climate, but the question is whether anthropogenic climate change is making it more extreme. In the Huffington Post, Reese Halter states the following about climate change in Australia while discussing threats to global bee populations: 2013 was Australia's hottest year ever recorded. At 2 degrees (F) above the long-term average it easily surpassed 2005 as the hottest year. Every month in 2013 was 0.9 degree (F) above the normal dating back to the inception of continuous record keeping in 1910. Australia has experienced just one cooler than average year in the last decade -- 2011. Australia experienced the hottest spring on record and on January 2, 2014 South...(Read Full Post)