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Australia: Farm Institute's report urges dry season ‘preparedness’

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A major review of NSW drought policies concludes preparedness trumps in-drought support measures such as transport subsidies, reports The Land.

Australian Farm Institute's (AFI) Review of NSW Response to Drought Policy Reforms, published 13 February, states past drought support measures had not been inconsistent.

"One of the abiding frustrations of drought policy in Australia is that after the drought is over, nobody goes back and looks at what works and what doesn't," said AFI executive director Mick Keogh in the article.

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Last checked: 16 July 2021

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