Flood affected Tasmania farmers want climate change action

Damian Atkins on the banks of the
 Mersey River, among the
 debris left behind by floodwaters.

Some flood-affected Tasmanian farmers want to see more action on climate change, a topic which has received little debate during the election campaign.

Cropping, dairy, livestock and horticultural producers farming on waterways across north and west Tasmanian have watched their hard work wash away during floods, which have been described as the worst since 1929.

Damian Atkins from Caveside, has a property at Mole Creek on the Mersey River. He has been hit by four extraordinary events in the last nine months.

"In the winter time we had nearly a foot of snow on these flats, which is not in anyone's living history. We had the driest summer on record, we had bushfires, there were ember attacks here in the summertime and now we've had this.

Read the ABC Rural story - “Tasmanian farmers demand climate change action after floods ruin farms.”