Drought family funds an outlier in preparedness push

Mike Foley
Updated June 20 2018 - 9:47am, first published 9:30am
Farm household support has been extended at a cost of about $30m.
Farm household support has been extended at a cost of about $30m.

They say the worst time to develop new policy is during a drought, and that’s just what the Federal Government is doing with its extension to the Farm Household Allowance program from three years to four.

Mike Foley

Mike Foley

National rural reporter

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