West Australian: The Cocos Islands lie in the middle of the Indian Ocean, almost as close to Sri Lanka as to mainland Australia. But they are Australia’s islands, administered by the Attorney-General’s Department and governed by Australian laws. And the two atolls and 27 coral islands, home to about 600 people, are at serious risk of becoming uninhabitable or disappearing completely because of climate change. The two inhabited islands, Home and West islands, are no higher than 5m above …