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Coastal defences need $30bn boost to prevent Australian homes becoming uninhabitable

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Guardian (International Edition)

Publication Date
2021-11-16

Australia will have to spend $30bn over the next half century to bolster coastal defences against the threat of rising sea levels and other global heating impacts to cope with more exposed properties becoming uninhabitable, the Insurance Council of Australia has said.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/17/coastal-defences-need-30bn-boost-to-prevent-australian-homes-becoming-uninhabitable