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Drought is inevitable, Mr Joyce

  • Written by John Freebairn, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
Drought is inevitable, Mr JoyceScott Morrison visiting a Queensland farm this week.Alex Ellinghausen/AAP

Barnaby Joyce, Australia’s new special envoy for drought assistance and recovery, will have to be careful he doesn’t do more harm than good.

Government funding of agriculture during a drought typically falls into three categories:

  • subsidies for farm businesses
  • income...

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