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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Stephanie Convery

‘It reached 38 degrees’: rental properties across Australia routinely exceeding safe temperatures, study reveals

Karen Thorne and her son Connor Freeman’s Rosemeadow rented home in Sydney's west. In summer Connor sleeps on the kitchen floor to escape the heat
Karen Thorne and her son Connor Freeman’s Rosemeadow rented home in Sydney's west. In summer Connor sleeps on the kitchen floor to escape the heat. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

Karen Thorne’s rental home heats up as soon as the morning sun hits her east-facing bedroom in the Sydney suburb of Rosemeadow.

“I could wake up at 8am to 28-degree heat in there,” Thorne said. “The heat is what actually wakes me up.”

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