Heat-safe rentals pushed to protect from quiet killer
HEAT-SAFE rentals and tougher workplace safety rules for outdoor workers on scorching hot days have been proposed by a state climate policy advisory body. Identifying extreme heat as an under-recognised and preventable killer, the NSW Net Zero Commission has called for urgent policy action on planning, housing and workplace protections. “Unlike floods or bushfires, heat leaves very little visible destruction, but it is quietly taking lives,” Net Zero Commissioner Professor Andy Pitman said. “Our current responses to heat stress don’t match the scale