However, these CPI figures were retroactively revised downward and the previously positive figures fell into negative territory in August 2006, when the CPI base year was shifted from 2000 to 2005. The scale of the downward revision was greater than in previous cases and was thus larger than projected.
Half of all coral reef systems in the world have been destroyed, putting a quarter of marine life at risk. In Australia, rainfall for January to August 2019 was the lowest on record in Queensland and New South Wales. Tenterfield and Stanthorpe were 77% below the long-term average.