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Drought Assistance

People are working with and for dairy farmers at local, regional, state and national levels.

Nationally, a small team is developing tools, resources and information as well as identifying policy and agripoltiical issues that need to be addressed.

This is the Dairy Industry Response team and the contact details for the regional coordinators are listed below:

Northern Victoria Regional Coordinator

John Boyd
Ph: 03 5852 0533
Fax: 03 5852 0599
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United Dairyfarmers of Victoria

Executive Manager: Airlie Worrall
Ph: 03 9207 5600
Fax: 03 9207 5611
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Murray Dairy

Executive Officer: Maurice Incerti
Ph: 03 5852 0526
Fax: 03 5852 0599
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Other organisations which are working on drought information for farmers in the Riverina and northern Victoria include: 

• Centrelink Drought Assistance
  Hotline 132 316 or
  FREECALL 1800 050 585
• Department of Primary Industries Victoria
  Customer Service Centre 136 186
• DPIV Benalla 03 5761 1611
• DPIV Echuca 03 5482 1922
• DPIV Kerang 03 5452 1266
• DPIV Kyabram 03 5852 0500
• DPIV Swan Hill 03 5033 1290
• DPIV Tatura 03 5833 5222
• DPIV Wangaratta 03 5723 8600
• NSW Rural Assistance Authority  1800 678 593
• NSW Department of Primary Industries  1800 614 647 
• Finley  03 5883 1644
• Rural Finance Corporation  03 5448 2600
• Rural Financial Counselling  1800 686 175
• Goulburn Murray Water  03 5833 5500
• Murray Irrigation Ltd.  03 5898 3300
• Lifeline  131 114
• Relationships Australia  1300 364 277

 Other websites

• Australian Government Drought Assistance  

• Australian Taxation Office  

• Bureau of Meteorology   

• Taking Stock

• United Dairyfarmers of Victoria

Drought pages