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armers are warning
the Queensland beef industry is on the brink of collapse and the dire and
enduring drought needs to be declared a natural disaster.
Around 75 per cent of Queensland is drought-declared and
graziers are coping with their third or fourth year of drought.
John Lethbridge completely destocked his 7,000-head cattle
property to survive.
With no income, Mr Lethbridge is trying to sell up his land
in Hughenden after a lifetime on the land.
The ABC story - “Farmers urge Government to tackle drought as natural disaster” – quotes a farmer who says, “Many farmers were not coping
with the drought's relentlessness.”
