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The dataset used in this research is available from the author on request.

Notes

  1. It is important to note that, despite its rapid adoption as a data source among scholars in numerous disciplines over the past decade, concerns have been raised about some of the quality dimensions of Google Trends data Cebrián and Domenech (2023). Note that although these issues do not invalidate Google Trends as a data source for social and economic analyses, more research is required to understand the scope and determinants of certain inconsistencies. For an overview of some of the limitations that have been documented over the past several years, see Supplemental Appendix B.

  2. This panel data can be accessed as part of the Supplementary Information associated with this article (see Supplemental Appendix A).

  3. The highest attention point in Fig. 2 was November/December 2009, when the federal Liberal Party experienced a bruising leadership spill over climate policy, resulting in the installation of Tony Abbott as the party’s new leader.

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  1. Université catholique de Louvain/Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Christopher Crellin

  2. School of Social and Political Sciences, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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Crellin, C., MacNeil, R. Extreme weather events and public attention to climate change in Australia. Climatic Change 176, 121 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03601-5

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