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Fears policy change exposes farmers using own gear to fight fires

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1 min read 6 hours ago


More than half of Queensland's volunteer rural fire brigades use privately owned vehicles to fight bushfires, with insurance changes leaving them to question their coverage.
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