{"success":true,"data":{"id":"1c9520a1-2ccd-4ba2-b62f-e8b4356071cb","title":"Australia news live: ski fields reach July temperature high; diesel prices surge","summary":"Follow the latest updates live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It was a remarkably warm day in the Australian alps yesterday, with several ski fields reaching temperatures that look set to be record-breaking (the records are yet to be confirmed by the Bureau of Meteorology’s climate team). Mount Hotham reached 11.1C. That’s 2.4C higher than the previous July record of 8.7C set in 1994. Big slow moving high pressure systems creating large areas of descending & warming air hitting a radiation inversion = warm air trapped above the ground. Plus climate change… Continue reading...","content":"Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt was a remarkably warm day in the Australian alps yesterday, with several ski fields reaching temperatures that look set to be record-breaking (the records are yet to be confirmed by the Bureau of Meteorology’s climate team). Mount Hotham reached 11.1C. That’s 2.4C higher than the previous July record of 8.7C set in 1994. Big slow moving high pressure systems creating large areas of descending & warming air hitting a radiation inversion = warm air trapped above the ground. Plus climate change… Continue reading...","source_name":"The Guardian","source_url":"https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/19/anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-pauline-hanson-bridget-mckenzie-cpac-london-politics-reactions-ski-field-temperature-high-diesel-prices-surge-ntwnfb","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/19/anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-pauline-hanson-bridget-mckenzie-cpac-london-politics-reactions-ski-field-temperature-high-diesel-prices-surge-ntwnfb","author":"Penry Buckley","author_name":"Penry Buckley","published_at":"2026-07-18T22:39:29.000Z","publication_date":"2026-07-18T22:39:29.000Z","image_url":null,"category":"world","topic":"world","tags":[],"political_bias":null,"bias_score":null,"confidence_score":null,"credibility_score":null,"factual_quality":null,"reading_time":1,"word_count":96,"view_count":0,"breaking":false,"breaking_news":false,"ai_analysis":null,"fact_check_status":"unverified","archive_status":"hot"}}