Listen to this before budget night
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Climate Change - What Will the Federal Government Spend?
The Treasurer concedes it'll be billions, and his department is struggling to quantify it. Thousands of people across Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania are under evacuation orders after days of heavy rain. The damage to residential, commercial and public infrastructure is compounded by the fact that many of the areas now being hit are an essential part of the nation's food bowl. And with prime farmland submerged and entire crops wiped out, the cost of basic groceries will soar.
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