Australia is becoming an uninsurable nation. There may only be one solution

‘A combination of extreme fires and floods from 2019 through 2023 has left many households keenly aware of the high cost of home insurance.’ Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian

As we watch the horror of the Los Angeles fires, Australians are painfully reminded of our own vulnerability to climate change, which continues to exacerbate the impact and frequency of these unnatural disasters.

The images of loss and destruction in LA are particularly painful to those who have experienced such losses first-hand in Australia.