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It's not a drought, it's 'dryness'


Federal Government-selected experts want people to start using the word "dryness" to describe Australia's worst drought in a century.

The word "drought" makes farmers feel bad, says the Government's hand-picked Drought Policy Review Expert Social Panel.


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Date: 2008-10-23 06:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] monissaw.livejournal.com

I think that was actually their argument, but it got lost in the "group hug" stuff :)

Date: 2008-10-23 06:37 am (UTC)

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