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Podcast: Climate Conversations
Episode: Quick Climate Links: Nicholls emerges as the most uninsurable electorate because of climate change
Description: Shepparton's new multi-million dollar courthouse (pictured) is, along with the rest of the city, at risk of being uninsurable because of risks posed by climate change -Â Shepparton proper is on a flood plain and so threatened with flooding.
Yes, Shepparton is a benign place, but it is strikingly flat and while for decades that has been a bonus allowing for extensive irrigation, it is now a burden as widespread flooding under a new climate regime could bring major flooding.
You can read about this dilemma in the SBS story - "One in 25 Australian properties will be uninsurable by 2030 due t...