With the focus on the big dry in NSW and Queensland, Gippsland farmers ravaged by the worst drought in a century feel forgotten — and one fears even if government help comes soon, it may already be too late for some.
AN EXTRAORDINARY image has emerged of a koala watching on as bushfires rolled into Gelantipy.
ISOLATED summer storms have delivered more than 100mm of rain to parts of southeast Australia in the past week.
HUNDREDS of thousands of cattle have been lost in the Queensland floods.
RIVERINA farmer Charlie Taylor reckons the Bureau of Meteorology radar website should have blown up by now.
THE El Nino has almost arrived.
UPDATE: BATTLING western Victorian farmers are being urged to ‘get the ball rolling’ on drought assistance plans.
MOST Victorian grain farmers have resumed harvesting after unwelcome rain at the weekend.
VICTORIA may experience a damp end to spring.
FIREFIGHTERS have asked farmers in the Central West to suspend harvesting as a heatwave decends on NSW.
THE season in southeast Australia has been decimated after one of its best starts ever.
THE first Victorian irrigators are only weeks away from restrictions.
TOM Small faces a massive challenge as drought conditions return to his sheep property near St Arnaud.
GIPPSLAND croppers have a healthy harvest ahead of them thanks to steady winter rainfall.
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