Farmers are calling on the government for a new drought policy, saying previous efforts have been a national failure.
The National Farmers’ Federation signed off on a drought policy framework on Wednesday, with the Minister for Drought David Littleproud agreeing to take the plan to cabinet for consideration.
In response to the ongoing drought, Labor called on the Coalition to establish a “war cabinet”, with shadow agriculture minister Joel Fitzgibbon urging the government to “take the politics out of it”.
“Let’s have Anthony Albanese, Scott Morrison and the key people sitting around the same table, taking the politics right out and say ‘What are we doing about this national emergency?’” Mr Fitzgibbon said.