State and federal agriculture ministers Mark Furner and Murray Watt announced the completion of the first five regions – Fitzroy and Capricornia, Darling Downs, Burdekin and Charters Towers, Torres Strait and Cape York and South West Queensland – at the national drought forum in Rockhampton this week.
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