Australian houses are just glorified tents in winter

By Nick Roberts
Updated December 11 2015 - 10:08am, first published July 14 2015 - 3:02pm
Bond fund PIMCO has warned of irrational exuberance among households that have taken on more debt despite an uncertain economic outlook.  Photo: Rob Homer
Bond fund PIMCO has warned of irrational exuberance among households that have taken on more debt despite an uncertain economic outlook. Photo: Rob Homer

As we shiver through the first weeks of winter, here's a fact to give you goosebumps: more people die from the cold in Australia than in Sweden. According to a new study published in medical journal The Lancet, cold contributed to about 3.9 per cent of deaths in Sweden, but 6.5 per cent in Australia.