Graziers paint dry picture

By Megan Stafford
Updated December 17 2015 - 12:40pm, first published February 12 2014 - 4:00am
Sixty-nine percent of Queensland’s 1,727,000km2 is in drought.  That is, 1,191,630 square kilometres or more than twice the size of Spain (504,782km2) and France (547,030km2) and three times the size of Germany (357,021km2).
Sixty-nine percent of Queensland’s 1,727,000km2 is in drought. That is, 1,191,630 square kilometres or more than twice the size of Spain (504,782km2) and France (547,030km2) and three times the size of Germany (357,021km2).

IN AUSTRALIA, and the world over, the images of fire and flood are those of natural crises and, as such, evoke a strong sense of humanity.

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