Drought policy must reflect climate change, says former farmers chief

Ex-president of the National Farmers' Federation says politicians have failed 'to do grunt work' needed by membersThe former president of the National Farmers' Federation, Brent Finlay, has accused politicians of "jumping in front of the cameras" while shirking effective policy work on drought and climate change.As Scott Morrison and his special drought envoy, Barnaby Joyce, toured south-west Queensland on Tuesday, Finlay described the former deputy prime minister and agriculture minister as the last in a long line of ministers who had "no real appetite" for national drought policy in a changing climate. Continue reading...