{"id":171955,"date":"2017-03-08T17:16:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T07:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=171955"},"modified":"2020-09-21T16:59:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T06:59:06","slug":"mp-pushes-for-drought-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/03\/08\/mp-pushes-for-drought-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Pushes For Drought Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deputy Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 8, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington is pushing to have the South Burnett drought-declared following a failed wet season.<\/p>\n

Mrs Frecklington called on Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne to take notice of the lack of rainfall across the region and listen to the local community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw the Minister make an early announcement for the Bundaberg region and I am now calling on him to also declare the South Burnett area as in drought,\u201d Mrs Frecklington said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the South Burnett, I have primary producers asking every day when the region will be drought-declared because they just don\u2019t have any water left.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been patchy rainfall but in general the area is bone dry, especially in places like the Barkers Creek Flats, Gordonbrook, Kumbia and Windera.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast week in Parliament I questioned the process around drought declarations and revocations and I believe the Minister must do something about the South Burnett.\u201d<\/p>\n