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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose NSW state correspondent

Chris Minns vows to scrap NSW emergency services levy to reduce insurance premiums

Flooding in Moree in 2022
Flooding in Moree in 2022. The Labor government wants to reduce insurance premiums. Photograph: Louise Kennerley/AAP

The New South Wales emergency services levy will be cut from home insurance premiums as part of a reform plan announced by the premier, Chris Minns, to fix the “unsustainable” scheme.

The change would lower the cost of insurance premiums which the government hopes would encourage more people to insure their homes in the face of greater fire and flood threats.

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