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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

Peter Dutton says he has the answer to rising insurance premiums. So how would divestiture work?

Houses line flooded street
Houses in Lismore inundated during flooding in 2022. Peter Dutton and the Greens have different plans to make insurance more affordable. Photograph: Dan Peled/Getty Images

With premiums rising as the frequency of natural disasters increases, Australian politicians are making insurance reforms part of their cost-of-living election pitches.

After recent flooding in north Queensland, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, proposed intervening in the market to break up insurance companies and stop Australians being “ripped off”.

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