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Water Resources Minister and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 10, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Federal Government\u2019s Joint Agency Drought Taskforce was wound up at the end of last month, a situation that has left local councils across Australia querying a possible $1.1 billion discrepancy in future funding.<\/p>\n

From June 28, responsibilities for drought policy were taken over by the Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n

The Australian Local Government Association – the national umbrella group for local councils – has raised concerns that placing the responsibility within Agriculture would put support for drought-affected farming at the expense of other community sectors.<\/p>\n

The Joint Agency Drought Taskforce was created in August 2018 within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to identify roadblocks in providing support for drought-affected farmers.<\/p>\n

It was headed by the Coordinator-General for Drought, Major-General Stephen Day, who visited numerous drought-hit communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ALGA noted that during the recent opening speech in Parliament it was stated “one of the first orders of business of this 46th Parliament will be to legislate the $3.9 billion Future Drought Fund”.<\/p>\n

However, the ALGA says that $3.9 billion figure differs to what they and other taskforce participants had been told by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Australian Government has a comprehensive $7 billion plan, informed by the work of the Drought Taskforce, to respond to the ongoing challenge of drought in Australia,\u201d correspondence from the department said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA key mechanism of this plan will be the $5 billion Future Drought Fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ALGA said it would continue making representations to Minister for Water Resources David Littleproud and the Agriculture Department urging that drought-hit communities not be forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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