Yes its a very arid and hot Continent.
-BUT-
They have recently found a lot of shale Oil in Australia,
not far off the quantity that remains in Saudi Arabia.
They should certainly use this as soon as possible to
produce large scale De-salination plants around its coast?
To green and cool the Continent

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south...3-1226560401043

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...an-outback.html

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