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Communities in South West Queensland fear if there is no rain by Christmas, businesses in drought ravaged towns will be pushed beyond breaking point. NewsDay

Communities in South West Queensland fear if there is no rain by Christmas, businesses in drought ravaged towns will be pushed beyond breaking point.

“We hear horror stories of people around the district who are at the end of negotiations with their banks… if we don’t get rain by Christmas we’ll see a mass exodus from our business district which would be devastating,” Balonne Airworks owner Samantha O’Toole told Sky News

 

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What's the plan to relocate communities when there is no rain for another 5 years? If we leave it up to the idiot drought envoy then people will just die.

Plenty of water for coal mines though

Look at the water tank! Looks like crap! Maybe whoever owns it should have considered fixing the leaks, and or making it BIGGER!! BTW, the rubber breaking down from the tires laying around is great for the environment!!!! NewsDay auspol

Let's never forget the men responsible for this. auspol

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