Federal Budget 2019: What's it in for farmers and rural, regional Australia?

Mike Foley
Kim Chappell
Updated April 3 2019 - 8:59am, first published April 2 2019 - 8:11pm
Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud.
Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud.

An array of bits and bobs have been squirrelled away for regional communities and industries in the federal budget, with the wide range of new initiatives taking the place of headline grabbing announcements.

Mike Foley

Mike Foley

National rural reporter

Kim Chappell

Kim Chappell

Senior Producer - Digital

As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.

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