Government Drought Support
Inquiry report
This inquiry report was released on 12 May 2009.
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- Preliminaries (PDF - 178 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Terms of reference, Contents, Abbreviations and explanations - Overview - including key points (PDF - 317 Kb)
- Recommendations (PDF - 143 Kb)
- 1 Introduction (PDF - 213 Kb)
1.1 Drought policy — a continuing evolution
1.2 The national review of drought policy
1.3 Contextual matters
1.4 The draft report process
1.5 Outline of the report - 2 Agriculture and adjustment (PDF - 329 Kb)
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Profile of agriculture in the Australian economy
2.3 Adjustment in agriculture
2.4 Building a secure capital base
2.5 Rural-urban drift, sponge cities and small towns - 3 Climate variability and drought (PDF - 671 Kb)
3.1 Drought and climate variability in Australia
3.2 Effects on agricultural systems
3.3 Market impacts
3.4 Social impacts
3.5 Environmental impacts
3.6 Recent experience and future outlook
Annex: Rainfall by district - 4 Drought policy in Australia (PDF - 214 Kb)
4.1 The evolution of drought policy
4.2 Current programs - 5 Exceptional Circumstances declarations (PDF - 270 Kb)
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Assessing the EC declaration system - 6 Program evaluation (PDF - 345 Kb)
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Assessing the appropriateness, effectiveness and efficiency of drought support programs
6.3 Issues across programs
6.4 Evaluation of programs that support rural families
6.5 Evaluation of drought triggered business programs
6.6 Evaluation of preparedness and advice programs - 7 A new policy framework (PDF - 157 Kb)
7.1 A revised national drought policy?
7.2 Objectives for agriculture policy - 8 Promoting self-reliance and preparedness (PDF - 298 Kb)
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Research and development
8.3 Information and advice
8.4 Education and training
8.5 Farm management deposits
8.6 Accelerated depreciation and grants for investing in preparedness
8.7 Income contingent loans
8.8 Assistance to develop insurance markets - 9 Farming family income support and adjustment (PDF - 426 Kb)
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Financial hardship and farming families
9.3 An income support scheme for farming families
9.4 The Commission's proposal for an income support scheme for farming families
9.5 Agricultural adjustment
Annex: Indicative eligibility levels for the proposed Farming Family Income Support Scheme - 10 Related policies (PDF - 199 Kb)
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Water policy
10.3 Land-based natural resource management policy
10.4 Climate policy
10.5 Other policies - 11 Implementation and outlook (PDF - 293 Kb)
11.1 Context for reform implementation
11.2 Making the transition
11.3 Ensuring policy credibility
11.4 Intergovernmental cooperation
11.5 The outlook under the new approach - Appendix A Conduct of the inquiry (PDF - 170 Kb)
- Appendix B Income support for rural families (PDF - 296 Kb)
- Appendix C Exceptional Circumstances triggered business support (PDF - 260 Kb)
- Appendix D Preparedness programs (PDF - 294 Kb)
- Appendix E State and territory drought policies and measures (PDF - 203 Kb)
- References (PDF - 182 Kb)
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