Hot farmer anger as climate, drought trends ignored by politicians

Andrew Marshall
Updated October 30 2018 - 6:34pm, first published 7:00am
Farmers fume as Canberra politicks on climate, energy policies
Farmers fume as Canberra politicks on climate, energy policies

Farmers are angry and perplexed by former Nationals federal leader Barnaby Joyce’s obsession with promoting coal-fired power stations and a deep seated reluctance by some politicians to acknowledge Australia’s carbon emissions must be curtailed.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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