Article 3W6TV Turnbull announces $12,000 payments for drought-stricken farmers

Turnbull announces $12,000 payments for drought-stricken farmers

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Lump-sum payments and boost in mental health services part of $190m relief package

Farmers will get up to $12,000 in cash payments to help them and their communities fight one of the worst droughts of the past century.

The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, on Sunday returned to a farm at Trangie in central New South Wales to announce the $190m relief package which includes a boost for mental health services.

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