Queensland Premier Annastascia Palasczuk has called upon the Prime Minister to immediately release funding for drought-affected communities in Queensland.
Premier Palasczuk said she had written to the Prime Minister urging him to let the money from the $5 billion Future Drought Fund to be made accessible to farming communities, in light of the state’s drought crisis.
With two-thirds of Queensland drought-declared, and below-average rain again expected this summer, the Premier says that the time for consultation on the issue had passed.