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Glencore delivers Christmas cheer to farming families

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Coal, Exploration.

Glencore's coal business is providing thousands of New South Wales and Queensland farming families affected by drought with IGA gift vouchers for Christmas.

The company said it would be providing a $300 IGA gift voucher for groceries to 5800 farming families affected by the drought - one for each of its coal employees.

The donation will total $1.7 million and will be delivered in partnership with RuralAid, one of Australia's largest rural assistance organisations.

Chief operating officer for Glencore's Australian coal business, Ian Cribb, said that he hoped this gift in some small way helped farmers and. . .

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Councils welcome cash injection for drought areas

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

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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