The NSW Government's projected climate changes for metropolitan Sydney suggest that:

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Sydney will get warmer, and that warming will produce more very hot days with amplified heat stress in Greater Western Sydney.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Global and regional climate models project rising mean temperatures due to increased greenhouse gases. 
- "Very hot days" refer to days above local high-temperature thresholds; climate projections show an increase in their frequency and intensity. 
- Urban heat island effects (more paved surfaces, less vegetation) cause cities—especially low-lying, densely built or western suburbs—to experience higher night and daytime temperatures, increasing heat stress relative to coastal areas.

2. Step-by-step reasoning
- Climate models and NSW Government assessments combine emissions scenarios with regional downscaling to project temperature changes for metropolitan Sydney. These consistently indicate an upward shift in average temperatures (so Sydney will get warmer).
- A warmer climate raises the probability distribution of daily temperatures, so the tail of very hot days becomes heavier: meaning more days above historical extremes (so Sydney will experience more very hot days).
- Greater Western Sydney has a combination of inland location, urban development and less cooling sea-breeze influence, so the same background warming and increased extreme days translate into exaggerated local heat stress (so heat stress will be exaggerated there).

3. Calculations / intermediate steps
- No numerical calculation is necessary here; the logic is probabilistic: if mean temperature increases, frequency of exceedances above a fixed threshold increases. For example, shifting a normal distribution right increases area beyond the high-temperature cutoff.

4. Why the correct answer is correct
- Each individual statement follows directly from the projected warming: overall warming, more very hot days, and localized amplification in Greater Western Sydney due to urban and geographic factors. They are mutually consistent and collectively true.

5. Why other options are incorrect
- Options that list only one of the statements are not incorrect facts but are incomplete answers: they omit other true consequences. Therefore selecting any single statement would fail to capture the full projection.

6. Conclusion
- All listed statements are correct; the best choice is "All of these," which matches the provided answer.

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