Opinion

Leave the politics out of drought assistance

JL
Updated August 5 2021 - 2:54pm, first published October 9 2019 - 7:00pm
Empathy in question: Politicians must be called to account. Primary industry is just too important to be allowed to wither and die.
Empathy in question: Politicians must be called to account. Primary industry is just too important to be allowed to wither and die.

There is something so unseemly about politicians trying to win headlines when there are whole rural communities on their knees.

We all know what needs to be done to fix the drought.

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Jody Lindbeck

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