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Category 4 Cyclone Narelle Approaches Queensland

Category 4 Cyclone Narelle BattersApproaches Queensland with 250km/h Winds

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Category 4 Cyclone Narelle Approaches Queensland

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Above: An aerial view of Cyclone Narelle off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on March 19, 2026. Image credit: NASA

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Australia is hemorrhaging $16 billion a year in renewable energy subsidies while productivity crumbles and energy reliability tanks — that'swhich is the real crisis, not cyclone season. Abandoning dependable coal and gas for intermittent wind and solar backed by wildly expensive batteries is economic self-sabotage dressed up as climate action. The global retreat from climate alarmism at COP30 provesproved this agenda is losing ground fast.

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