A charity worker helping drought-stricken farmers has broken down during an emotional confrontation with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in regional New South Wales.
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| The $190 million package of immediate relief measures include additional support for mental health services. |
Mr Turnbull comforted Edwina Robertson in the town of Trangie, west of Dubbo, as she spoke about dire conditions and hardship in many farming communities.
"It's worse than anything you are seeing in the media, it's far worse," Ms Robertson told the Prime Minister.
"It's dire. I worry every day when I go to visit farming families that it's going to be hours too late, it's literally that bad.”
Mr Turnbull has today promised to do more to help those under intense financial strain due to relentless drought conditions, signing off on emergency "special" payments for eligible farmers, to be made through the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) scheme.
Read the ABC News story by the national regional reporting team’s Anna Henderson - “Malcolm Turnbull consoles grief-stricken woman as he announces emergency drought relief.”
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