02-08-2018, 11:28 PM
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the ozzie drought from the air
some regions in OZ haven't had rain for 7 yrs and farms are closing - most believe it is associated with climate changehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-aus...ries+australia
09-08-2018, 02:18 PM
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Re: the ozzie drought from the air
That really brings home how bad it is. I can't imaging having no rain for seven years.When my family farmed in Oz, water for the house was brought by horse drawn tank from a windmill pump some distance away.
One of the first things my grandad did on arriving nearly 100 years ago was to dig the well and install the pump. The family could not have survived without it.
09-08-2018, 08:48 PM
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Re: the ozzie drought from the air
Farmers will get up to $12,000 in cash payments to help them and their communities fight one of the worst droughts of the past century.He described some farmers’ situations as diabolical and tragic, as they battle dry conditions across large swathes of eastern and southern Australia.
Australia's drought crisis and farmers' stories of anxiety, fear and resilience
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“You put the food on our tables, the fibre that goes on our backs and we have your back,” he told reporters on Sunday.
It comes after the government in June extended the Farm Household Allowance scheme from three to four years.
The government is also changing the assets test to allow an estimated 8,000 more farmers to access support to recognise the severity of the drought. But how much difference the package will make is unclear.
Dairy farmer Ashley Gamble, from near Toowoomba in Queensland, is frightened about the future.
He said $12,000 might put food on the table for his children, but would go nowhere on the farm because it was less than the cost of a load of grain or hay.
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