With Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s National Drought Summit on today, state and federal political leaders will be pressured to “drought-proof” Australia. We have seen it all before –ideas from the bottom drawer of past policies, reflecting Australia’s obsession […]
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It’s not about more money for farmers. It’s about long-term settings for a changing climate – and taking the politics out of it Central to the Australian meaning of drought is the idea of a rainfall deficiency, a […]
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Barnaby Joyce, Australia’s new special envoy for drought assistance and recovery, will have to be careful he doesn’t do more harm than good. Government funding of agriculture during a drought typically falls into three categories: subsidies for farm […]
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