The Coalition says it is spending $7bn on drought – but does the figure stack up?

Labor calls the figure the 'most audacious lie', saying very little of it is going to drought-affected communities

As Australia grapples with extended drought across the country - in many places, the worst on record - the Coalition has been talking up its $7bn drought package in support of "struggling farming families".

Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon has called it the "most audacious lie" he has ever heard in politics, saying very little of the $7bn is actually hitting the ground in drought-affected communities.