Councils welcome cash injection for drought areas
The Local Government Association of Queensland has welcomed Federal Government moves to provide drought funding for non-farm businesses and extra funding for councils in affected regions.
More than 66 percent of the land area of Queensland is drought declared, directly or indirectly affecting more than one million people.
LGAQ chief executive Greg Hallam said while it was farm businesses that felt the immediate impact of drought, entire communities suffered the flow-on effects of a downturn in the agribusiness sector.
“The LGAQ
has been at the forefront of arguing that, in severe drought, assistance needs
to be extended to. . .
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