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Low take-up of north Queensland flood relief prompts questions about offering debt to get out of crisis
The Federal Government is trying work out why less than a quarter of the $300 million it released in the wake of the north Queensland floods was taken up by farmers, two years after the disaster.
Key points:
- The Federal Government is trying to work out why less than a quarter of the money released after the 2019 floods has been taken by graziers
- Professor Bruce Chapman says governments should rethink offering farmers more debt
- The Cloncurry Shire mayor says little rain after the floods is the main reason why producers are not taking up the grants
Only $66 million has been claimed by north Queensland farmers.
In the months after the floods, $400,000 grants were offered to primary producers, who needed to match the funding with their own…
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