Why has it taken so long to enact a new drought policy?

By Linda Botterill, University of Canberra
October 10 2019 - 4:00pm
Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressing the Drought Summit in October 2018. Photo by Alex Ellinghausen.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressing the Drought Summit in October 2018. Photo by Alex Ellinghausen.

In a country as dry as Australia, surely it is a no-brainer that we have in place a coordinated, national drought response that can be rolled out the same way that the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements are triggered when the country experiences cyclones, floods or bushfires.

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