Opinion: People are suffering in a sunburnt country

By Denis Moriarty
Updated September 16 2021 - 1:33am, first published August 12 2018 - 7:00pm
Hard times: Farmer Ian Cargill inspects a flock of sheep on Billaglen farm near Braidwood, NSW, last week. The NSW government on Wednesday declared that 100% of the state was impacted by drought.
Hard times: Farmer Ian Cargill inspects a flock of sheep on Billaglen farm near Braidwood, NSW, last week. The NSW government on Wednesday declared that 100% of the state was impacted by drought.

Much of Australia is shrivelling up like pork crackling, in a drought made worse by the driest July for 16 years, and the worst ever in parts of NSW. People are suffering.

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