Pete Mailler and Michael McCormack discuss drought resilience and preparedness; there is an ever-growing divide between voters on the ground and their representatives encased in the ‘Canberra bubble’; research into risk management systems in Australian agriculture; and the imbalance between consumer perceptions and the reality of farming practice and the need to create best-practice evidence-based agricultural policy for Australian farmers were the focus of the Institute’s annual Roundtable.
Published 1 Nov 2018
Climate change is a reality that should be fundamentally changing the way drought policy is developed. Being prepared for and resilient to drought is a necessity in Australian agriculture. Avoiding drought-induced farm business financial crises – with all the flow-on effects to communities, mental health and the wider economy -…
