Queensland Senator Fraser Anning says the government should stop sending aid overseas and fix our own backyard following the floods.
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Speaking after a visit to assess the flood damage he said North West Queensland was one of the biggest cattle producing areas in Australia.
"So before we give any foreign aid to Indonesia or the Palestinian Authority, we need to redirect it to Australian aid," Senator Anning said.
"If there's a disaster anywhere in the South Pacific, Australia throws out a fair amount of money. I haven't seen any money coming in from Indonesia, so the least we can do is keep the money we would of spent there to help our own people."
Senator Anning flew into Richmond on Wednesday and surveyed the country by air and on foot.
"I grew up on a cattle station halfway between Winton and Richmond and these station owners are the people I grew up with," he said.
"It's really devastating to see the damage this unprecedented weather event has caused, it's way worse than the five years of drought."
Cattle, sheep and wildlife perished in the floods which left large areas of North West Queensland under water.
Senator Anning said Prime Minister Scott Morrison should work to rebuild the fences and restock these stations, as quickly as possible to help the station owners.
"I'm worried some of them are going to throw their hands up in the air and walk away after this crippling blow." he said.
"One thing we don't want is foreign ownership of our cattle country. We need to keep our beef industry in Australian hands.
"In some cases property owners have lost 50-100% of their herd and the death toll keeps on rising."
Senator Anning said when a flood goes through places like Townsville and an owner loses their house, they still have a job and money coming in, whereas these station owners don't, their home, job and livelihood is impacted.
"Its a natural disaster which could have been prevented if we had dams and holding reservoirs like we've been trying to get for the past 80 years now. We could have saved a lot of those animals by keeping the flood waters in those channels," he said.
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