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Environment
Poppy Johnston

UNCOVERED: Polluter paid climate damages up for council vote - Caught on Camera

Councils face mounting costs to repair and maintain roads, drainage and parks as temperatures rise. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Councils overwhelmingly support a national levy on coal, oil and gas companies to help them cope with escalating climate damage.

A City of Sydney-led motion to set up a climate compensation fund has been formally adopted unopposed as an Australian Local Government Association position.

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