{
  "id": 6989311,
  "title": "Warm ski season a warning of bleak future for Australia’s snow tourism: ‘So this is our new normal’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/warm-ski-season-a-warning-of-bleak-future-for-australias-snow-tourism",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T20:00:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/13/warm-ski-season-a-warning-of-bleak-future-for-australias-snow-tourism-so-this-is-our-new-normal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While holidaymakers have maintained ‘super positive attitudes’, average snow depths measured since 1954 have declined by nearly 20% If you freeze it, they will come. For now. On a weekday morning in early September, Perisher is beautiful. Too beautiful. The snow guns have just laid down a blanket of fresh powder when the lifts open at 8.30am, the front valley glistening as the sun rises over the…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}