Parts of Australia's northern and inland New South Wales, along with southern Queensland, have been in drought since 2016, severely depleting river and dam levels
A sign indicating the water restriction level as a result of a drought stands in Guyra in rural Australia September 25, 2019.
Parts of northern and inland New South Wales, along with southern Queensland, have been in drought since 2016, severely depleting river and dam levels. Dubbed "day zero" by locals, they are focussing some minds in a wealthy country where plentiful coal resources weigh against pressure for action on climate change.
It came under fire from British naturalist Sir David Attenborough for supporting new coal mines shortly after school children around the globe protested against government inaction on climate change and world leaders met in New York for a climate summit. Murray, who also oversees the bigger regional centre of Armidale, said he first realised the scale of the problem when he noticed entire hillsides of hardy eucalyptuses dying.
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