Dozens of local areas have copied Carla's motion and declared climate emergencies including Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Bath.

Although computer dictionaries have improved, the Cupertino effect still creates havoc.

Known as Pixie for his fresh looks, and Dr Death for his cold stare of disapproval, Rudd was said to have few friends in Canberra. Former Labor leaders Paul Keating and Mark Latham described him, respectively, as a menace and a terrible piece of work.

Eberhart is a philosopher-poet whose avowed ambition is “to open/ Poetry to apertive speculation.”