Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

We are supporting our farmers and rural communities to prepare and plan for drought. We hear a lot of harping from other people that somehow we're not actually doing that, but the reality is that we are the first government going through a drought to actually put real money on the table and have a real policy focus to start preparing for the next one. Because guess what? We're Australians; this will not be the last drought. We have the Future Drought Fund, which will see $100 million helping us to prepare for the next one. We have also put a billion dollars into water infrastructure projects and for storages. We want state governments to come on the journey with us and build these much-needed dams and pipelines to drought proof, as much as we can, our regional communities and our productive capacity. That is how you plan for a drought; you plan for the next one now. We're the first government in our nation's history to actually do that. Instead of harping, get on board. (Time expired)