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Extreme weather now costs Australians $4.5b a year

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Johanna Nalau says better insurance options would help us adapt to the increase in extreme weather

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Too many Indigenous Australians die before getting to claim the age pension. We need to make retirement fairer

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Indigenous Australians face a stark challenge: with a median age at death of just 63, around four years below pension eligibility, many never live long enough to claim the age pension, exposing deep retirement inequities.

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