NSW: Take out insurance Carr tells residents
New South Wales Premier BOB CARR is disturbed by the number of people whose homes areeither not insured, or under-insured.
But he's not ready to introduce compulsory home and contents cover although he sayshe is considering it.
The premier has been touring Sydney's fire-devastated southern outskirts, where severalhomes have been lost to bushfires this week.
Mr CARR says governments can't act as insurers of last resort, otherwise people wouldnot bother to take out insurance.
However Mr CARR says five families who lost their homes this week already have received$10,000 each in emergency grants from the Community Disaster Relief Fund.
A further 12 applications are in the pipeline.
AAP RTV dc/ds
KEYWORD: BUSHFIRES NSW INSURE (SYDNEY)
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