Farmers frustrated by 'lack of financial support' after record flood

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North-east Victorian farmer John Bennett faces a clean-up bill of more than $100,000 after floodwaters destroyed nearly 10 kilometres of fencing on his property and littered paddocks with debris.

 

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that's a major pain ...is there no insurance cover for this sort of thing?

Is there nothing they don’t want financial support for?

Agrarian Socialists

The National party and the liberal party they have sold you long time ago wait until May you can correct that

Now, they want welfare? I thought they hate socialism.

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