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Scott Morrison kicks off his 2021 working year with western Queensland drought, flood recovery tour
As the Prime Minister’s plane landed in Winton in drought-stricken western Queensland the heavens opened up and the rain came down.
Key points:
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been touring western and north-west Queensland
- No announcements have been made during the tour
- It focused on looking at infrastructure upgrades funded by the National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency
Scott Morrison’s first agenda item after his summer holiday was not a return to dealing with the coronavirus crisis from the confines of Parliament House, but a tour of outback communities trying to bounce back from years of drought and the devastating 2019 floods.
His arrival to the Winton Saleyards on Tuesday afternoon coincided with a sun…
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