The Queensland drought situation is ever changing. You’ve come to the right place to find practical information to help you manage your way through dry seasons.
Primary producers can adopt many different risk management strategies to minimise the impacts of drought.
Your best bet is to be informed of what support, tools and information is available.
The map below shows currently drought declared shires in Queensland (from The Long Paddock website). The areas that are shaded represent those that are fully drought declared up to the date displayed. It also calculates the total area within Queensland that is fully drought declared and has statistics of individual drought declared properties. Click on the map to enlarge the image.
Australian Government Services
Australian Government programs and services to help primary producers plan for, manage and recover from drought include:
Help during hard times: Farm Household Allowance, Rural financial counsellors (Southern Queensland | North Queensland), concessional loans and support from the ATO – including tax concessions.
Help to prepare and grow: Farm Business Resilience Program, My Climate View, Farm Management Deposit Scheme, tax deductions and income tax leveraging, and concessional loans.
These fact sheets have great summaries of the types of support available: