Insurance Code of Practice Review

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has launched a review of the General Insurance Code of Practice to ensure it keeps pace with recent developments affecting the industry. The Code, introduced in 1994 and previously reviewed four times, commits insurers…

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What Causes a Thunderstorm to Become a Hailstorm

Recently the ABC News website posted an article by Brett Williamson asking the question What causes a thunderstorm to become a hailstorm? The article quotes Sam Slattery from the BOM’s Severe Weather Team, saying. “You really need what is called…

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Innisfail Records 1000mm+ in a week

Innisfail in Far North Queensland has recorded 871.8mm in the first 11 days of 2017. What makes this remarkable is 824mm fell from Saturday 7th January. January Rainfall: Sun 1/1/2017 – 0.6mm Mon 2/1/2017 – 1.8mm Tues 3/1/2017 – 2.6mm Wed…

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24 Akeringa Place, Mooloolaba

On Sunday 19 June 2016 a severe weather event occurred across South East Queensland with a severe storm warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology.

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Case Study – Escape of Liquids

As is an all too often occurrence, a flexi-hose bursts under a sink and water damage is to done to the kitchen, joinery and timber floor.  When it happens in a multi-story home this can pose a multitude of other…

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Changes to the GST and Invoicing

The QBCC is the regulator of the building industry in Queensland, issuing licences to contractors, providing a free dispute resolution service and administering a home warranty scheme to provide insurance cover for residential construction work in Queensland. Under the home…

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Flexi Hoses – Help or Hindrance

We recently surveyed our plumbers across all major centres to gain a better understanding of the impact of flexible water hoses or flexi hoses and their contribution to escape of liquid claims. Overwhelmingly all of our plumbers identified that flexi…

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