Climate change could render parts of northern Australia almost unliveable, throwing into doubt the feasibility of crucial military bases, a group of leading Defence figures has warned.
allocated up to an extra $18 billion over the next decade for bases in northern Australia, an already hot region that is especially vulnerable to rising temperatures. Extreme temperatures would make military training exercises and maintenance operations difficult, if not impossible, it said, raising the question of whether some bases would need to be relocated south to cooler locations.
The national Defence strategy released last month said extreme weather events linked to climate change would put the Defence Force under greater stress, including by having to provide more humanitarian and disaster relief assistance in the region.
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