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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/03/j5egazt6tdkt0ope1cmw-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601437Another year, another heat record broken. Australia entered the new year breaking its heat record in 2019. Last year was 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the historical average since 1910, according to data from the Bureau of Meteorology.