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There are calls for an end to floodplain development as insurers brace for one of the biggest flood claim events in Australian history.
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There are calls for an end to floodplain development as insurers brace for one of the biggest flood claim events in Australian history.
There are calls for an end to floodplain development as insurers brace for one of the biggest flood claim events in Australian history.
There are calls for an end to floodplain development as insurers brace for one of the biggest flood claim events in Australian history.
There are calls for an end to floodplain development as insurers brace for one of the biggest flood claim events in Australian history.
Bushfires a wake-up call for insurers as unsettled claims continue to smoulder Normal text size Very large text size Scott Commens reckons he would be in front of a coroner right now if he had followed the advice of his insurers. It's just as well he didn't listen to them. Commens has run the electronic music festival Subsonic from a property near Taree in NSW since 2006. Each summer, thousands of revellers come for three days of dancing. But last year, things didn't go to plan. "The flames were almost at the front gate," he says. Subsonic music festival director Scott Commens is still battli...