RURAL AFFAIRS: Minister confronted by drought’s human toll*

The tragic impact of drought on rural families has been acknowledged in a recent government report. Tim Cannon reports.The tragic impact of drought on farm families and rural communities has been highlighted in a recent report by a Federal Government-appointed “expert social panel”.Commissioned by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Mr Tony Burke, the report, entitled It’s About People: Changing Perspectives on Dryness, revealed in an unprecedented way the pressures felt b…

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