Agriculture is a small part of the country’s GDP but a huge part of certain rural communities. They deserve a plan
It is quite obvious that new the prime minister, Scott Morrison, wants us all to know he cares about drought-affected farmers. It was mentioned prominently in his first press conference as PM and was the purpose of his first trip the next day. But if he is heading out to the bush and not mentioning climate change he is failing to actually listen – not just to those who know from their own experience that the climate is changing but from those advising on how governments should respond.
There is perhaps more romance with agriculture as an industry than any other. There is the nostalgia of the nation riding on the sheep’s back and Clancy of the Overflow seeing the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended.
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