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Inner-city residents say a balance is needed on how late some music venues can stay open.

The hidden costs that are killing live music festivals

Pill testing could make attendance at music festivals and events much safer – but it could dramatically increase the financial risk borne by festivals.

  • Karl Quinn

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Kathie Salman fell over while negotiating the change in surface from mulch/bark to spongy rubber.

North shore council ordered to pay woman $283,000 over slip on mulch slope

Kathie Beatrice Salman successfully sued a Sydney council after she rolled her ankle while moving from a bark surface to spongy rubber in a children’s playground.

  • Michael Koziol
Children bounce on the Lorne trampolines when they were still open in 2020.

The only thing jumping at the Lorne trampolines is insurance costs

Generations of children bounced on the trampolines until they were abruptly closed in 2020, and a $500,000 insurance bill means they are unlikely to reopen this summer.

  • Cara Waters and Millie Muroi
Rides at shows and amusement parks could be shuttered if an insurance crisis crippling the industry isn’t resolved.

Show won’t go on: Insurance hikes threaten show rides and amusement parks

An insurance crisis crippling Australia’s amusement and leisure industry could spell the end for iconic city and country agricultural shows.

  • Rob Harris
IAG chief executive Nick Hawkins. The insurer faces a pandemic business interruption hit to earnings of up to $1.15 billion before tax.

IAG chief criticises policy wording ‘in hindsight’ after $460m loss

Bungled business interruption policies could cost IAG north of $1 billion. CEO Nick Hawkins said the policies should have been written more clearly.

  • Charlotte Grieve
Josephine Woodberry in her dance studio in Preston

Insurers play hardball on COVID-related claims of billions of dollars

Who's going to pay for pandemic-related business losses? It has been the industry's dirty little secret that is coming back to bite insurers after losing a landmark test case the industry thought it would win.

  • Adele Ferguson
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Newly appointed IAG chief executive Nick Hawkins said the test case outcome was "bad news" for insurers.

IAG launches $750m capital raising as it braces for flood of claims

IAG is bracing for $865 million in business interruption claims following a ruling in the NSW Supreme Court of Appeals that found pandemic exclusions were not valid.

  • Charlotte Grieve
QBE chief executive Pat Regan delivers the company's full year results.

'Risks aren't worth it': QBE says parts of planet becoming uninsurable due to climate concerns

QBE chief warns that severe weather may force premiums to price out customers for certain types of insurance in Australia and around the world.

  • Charlotte Grieve
Some 1000 e-scooter rideshares are scattered around Brisbane.

The legal pothole threatening to upend e-scooter riders

People riding e-scooters in Queensland are being warned that they aren't covered for injury to others.

  • Stuart Layt

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