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

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.