Record Heat Greets Delegates In Brisbane Where Abbott Still Tries To Keep Climate Off G20 Agenda

Leaders attending the G20 summit in Brisbane may not get to talk much about climate change but it might be harder to avoid discussing the weather. The mercury is forecast to climb to 40 degrees on Sunday in Brisbane and in suburban areas to reach 43 degrees as a heatwave settles over the eastern edge of Australia.

Brisbane's record for the month goes all the way back to November 18, 1913, making any new peak a once-in-a-century event, the Bureau of Meteorology said.

Plans for any G20 barbecues may need to be revised after authorities warned of "extreme fire danger" weather for Brisbane, south-eastern Queensland and the Darling Downs for Sunday.

While Brisbane's maximum peaked on Saturday at 32.2 degrees, other centres inland were much warmer. Amberley - where US President Barack Obama landed earlier in the day - reached 43 degrees, breaking the November record set 46 years ago.

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