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Key Contact Phone Numbers

  • NSW Agriculture Drought Hotline: 1800 814 647
  • NSW Rural Assistance Authority: 1800 678 593
  • State Disaster Recovery Centre: 1800 018 444
  • NSW Health Drought Stress and Counselling Line: 1800 201 123
  • Centrelink Drought Assistance Line: 132 316

Key Information

  • Drought website [2]
  • Help for drought affected families and businesses [3]
  • Coping personally with drought [4]
  • Managing livestock and pasture in drought [5]
  • Department of Community Services - drought relief services [6]

Drought Assistance

  • Drought financial assistance [3]
  • Rural financial counsellors [7]
  • Australian Government drought assistance [8]
  • Centrelink - income support for drought affected farmers [9]

Latest News Reports and Information:

  • Bulk water storage & supply reports [10]
  • NSW dam storage reports [11]
  • ABC - rural news [12]
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Quicklinks

  • Living with drought [13]
  • Rural Support Workers [14]
  • Animal welfare in drought [15]
  • Drought and climate forecasting [16]
  • Water restrictions information [17]
  • Water for life plan [18]
  • Managing livestock and pasture in drought [5]
  • Coping personally with drought [4]

Drought map

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I want to...

  • Look at dam water levels [11]
  • Find Drought Assistance [3]
  • Find a rural financial counsellor [7]
  • Get Centrelink Drought Assistance [9]
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Source URL: http://www.nsw.gov.au/drought

Links:
[1] http://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/page/header/specials_header-drought_0.jpg
[2] http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/emergency/drought
[3] http://www.raa.nsw.gov.au/assistance/natural-disaster-relief
[4] http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/factsheets/general/coping_with_drought.html
[5] http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/emergency/drought/managing/stock-pasture/general
[6] http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/docs_menu/parents_carers_and_families/disaster_welfare.html
[7] http://www.raa.nsw.gov.au/rfc
[8] http://www.daff.gov.au/agriculture-food/drought
[9] http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/subjects/drought-assistance
[10] http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/dams-and-water/weekly-storage-and-supply-reports
[11] http://www.statewater.com.au/Water+Delivery/Dams
[12] http://www.abc.net.au/rural/
[13] http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/drought/livedrought.shtml
[14] http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/services/community/support-workers
[15] http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/emergency/drought/managing/stock-pasture/general/animal-welfare-drought
[16] http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/emergency/drought/planning#Climate-forecasting
[17] http://www.nsw.gov.au/water
[18] http://www.waterforlife.nsw.gov.au/
[19] http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/emergency/drought/situation/drought-maps
[20] http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/emergency/drought/situation