‘It is very confusing’: new drought working group to coordinate assistance to farmers

Working group comes as new federal drought coordinator Shane Stone refuses to be drawn on climate change's impact on drought

Agriculture ministers have agreed to establish a new drought working group to better coordinate the country's assistance to farmers, amid criticism that the current system is too confusing.

Following a meeting of state and territory agriculture ministers in Moree in NSW on Tuesday, federal drought minister David Littleproud announced the new working group would be set up and would report back to government in February.