Weatherzone, By: ABC, 05/07/2013
A Gympie business owner says Australia needs a national levy to cover the cost of disasters. Disasters have cost Australia billions of dollars in the past few years - Gympie has had five major floods in two years.
About 50 business owners were at a forum in the city last night to be briefed by consultants doing a flood mitigation study for council. Kerren Smith's business has lost 5,000 production hours due to flooding this year and he says a scheme similar to the disability insurance levy is needed for disasters.
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