Eight Queensland shires and councils including the Fraser Coast, Moreton Bay, Gympie, Gold Coast and Logan join 37 other drought-declared areas.
Queensland shadow agriculture minister Tony Perrett says his seat of Gympie has seen its pastures deteriorate in recent times."Certainly in the Gympie region we've seen our pastures deteriorate in recent times, we've seen surface water evaporate with these hot conditions so that's certainly welcome news."
This could offer some support to organic avocado grower John Tidy, whose main water source of Amamoor Creek is running dry.
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