Water resources minister 'totally' accepts drought linked to climate change
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#4RXPN)
David Littleproud signals more taxpayer support for rural communities as big dry 'escalates'
The drought and water resources minister, David Littleproud, has acknowledged he "totally" accepts that worsening droughts are linked to climate change, as he signalled more taxpayer support for regional communities was coming as Australia's big dry "escalates".
Littleproud, who stumbled last month by first telling Guardian Australia he did not know if climate change was manmade, then later clarifying he had always accepted the science on the role humans play in the climate changing, told the ABC on Sunday he understood the link between global warming and drought because "I live it".
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