'Every time the bush gets in strife...whether it's fire, flood, or the biggest drought we've had in decades, the city comes and gives us a hand.' 9News
Beef farmer Robert Mackenzie was watching from relative rural safety as metro local government areas began to lock down with"Every time the bush gets in strife", Macka would tell me for the yarn I was doing on him, "whether it's fire, flood, or the biggest drought we've had in decades, the city comes and gives us a hand.
"We saw the story on Channel 9 a few weeks ago, where a farmer was giving back, and we wanted to help propel that," says Thankful CEO Kim McDonnell. "When COVID-19 hit, it really knocked our income," says Wentworth, a lifeline thrown to him by a business contact.Social enterprise force Thankful saw Macka's yarn. And off their own bat, they hit the phones, doing the cold calling to cockies to kick the idea of the bush helping the big smoke further.
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