Jobs program a ‘godsend’ for drought-hit Mallee farmers

Brooke Littlewood

WITH record low rainfall, failed crops and little to no income, Mallee farmers have been feeling the financial bite of the “worst drought in living memory”. But the dire conditions have not stopped them stepping back into the workforce, thanks to the Mallee Catchment Authority’s (CMA) drought employment program. The program has been hailed a […]

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