This decision was deemed "puzzling" by former executive secretary of the UNFCCC Yvo de Boer.
What is much more puzzling is how relatively relaxed the general public appears to be about all this.
The UK's former top climate diplomat at the foreign office, John Ashton, told the Guardian that the decision by Australia was puzzling.
On the face of it this does not have a lot to do with the specialised mechanical discipline that is fast bowling, or indeed the career of Steven Finn, England's own talented, statistically prodigious man-of-the-moment-before-last, whose falling away from the front rank is one of the more puzzling base notes of a generally puzzling tour of Australia.
Which makes it all the more puzzling to understand why there has been so much outrage over the last few days about remarks Enda Kenny made at the Davos economic summit last week.
When the Bafta nominations were declared on 9 January, there was an even more puzzling – nay, outrageous – omission.
Barker, the McDonald's spokeswoman, said the "inference" of the Guardian's inquiries about the company's tight knit board was "quite puzzling".
It is this element of the ECB's public rhetoric this week that has been most puzzling.
Against that backdrop, he said that "for a major player not to send an elected representative is a pretty puzzling decision".
No substitute is required for his whisky, which is a rather puzzling addition.
Other Stoic writers, however, do not spend as much time as Seneca does puzzling over the proper attitude towards riches.
