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Homes across Australia fall short of winter warmth benchmark, five-state study finds

The Adelaide-based study examined household temperatures across five states. (ABC News: Che Chorley)

Australia might be a sunburnt country — but researchers say that, paradoxically, the nation's reputation for summer warmth is likely one of the reasons why so many homes feel cold during winter.

A new study by the Adelaide-based Australian Centre for Housing Research found more than 80 per cent of the homes surveyed across five "temperate" states failed to meet a World Health Organisation (WHO) minimum recommendation for winter warmth.

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