THE Australian Government’s drought package is not being delivered to the farming families that need it, according to the Shadow Minister for Agriculture.
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Federal Member for Hunter Joel Fitzgibbon said in the House of Representatives on Monday that despite Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce and Treasurer Joe Hockey getting publicity for two drought tours this year, no major policies for drought relief had been created.
“Still, there is no additional assistance, no reshaping of the government’s drought policy and no reshaping of the government’s drought plan,” Mr Fitzgibbon said.
“The time for talking is done.
“The money is there. I just simply ask the government to start spending it.”
