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Insurance costs rise, regional Queenslanders say they're paying the price for youth crime

Hamish Burge couldn't believe how much he had to pay in car insurance. (ABC Southern Qld: Alys Marshall)

Agricultural worker Hamish Burge, 26, has never been in an accident and takes pride in how cautiously he drives his Toyota Hilux along the bumpy and unsealed rural roads of the Goondiwindi region. 

But when he moved to the border town two months ago, he was shocked to find out his car insurance would go up by thousands.

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