In September, catastrophic bush fires ravaged properties in the Granite Belt, Queensland's cool climate country.
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| A combination of bushfires and crippling drought has put Stanthorpe producers in a desperate position. |
It was an emotional hit in an area where farmers are battling drought and the town of Stanthorpe is in the grip of a critical water shortage.
"There's no doubt that there are some landowners, because of the drought and then the bushfire, that probably won't continue in their primary production businesses," Southern Downs Regional Council Mayor Tracy Dobie said.
"It has had a devastating effect on those people."
Read the ABC News story by Courtney Wilson - “Stanthorpe farmers go to incredible lengths to weather horror season of fires, drought.”
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