Future Drought Fund

Public consultation on the Future Drought Fund is closed.

How you had your say

We invited stakeholders from across Australia to provide feedback on two draft documents that will help shape the next investments under the Future Drought Fund.

The draft Drought Resilience Funding Plan sets out a high-level framework to guide funding decisions under the Future Drought Fund.

The draft Investment Strategy sets out proposed options to implement the Productivity Commission’s recommendations and themes of future investment. When finalised, the Investment Strategy will provide stakeholders with greater clarity about the planned investments across the next 4-year funding period to facilitate better planning, sequencing and coordination of programs. It will also demonstrate links to the broader landscape of drought and climate resilience initiatives.

Feedback on these documents could be provided by:

• attending one of 20 face-to-face meetings held in 16 locations around Australia
• attending one of 2 virtual meetings held for First Nations and the general public
• submitting feedback via a short survey or uploading a submission.

We heard from FDF participants and partners, industry, state and territory governments, professional advisors, research institutes, non-government organisations, farmers and people living in rural communities.

Meetings

20 were held in 16 locations around Australia:

• Launceston, Tasmania
• Hobart, Tasmania
• Melbourne, Victoria
• Townsville, Queensland
• Roseworthy, South Australia
• Loxton, South Australia
• Canberra, ACT
• Armidale, New South Wales
• Toowoomba, Queensland
• Perth, Western Australia
• Geraldton, Western Australia
• Darwin, Northern Territory
• Traralgon, Victoria
• Dubbo, New South Wales
• Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
• Shepparton, Victoria

What happens next

We will review and consider your feedback.

We will release a summary of feedback received and use this to inform the next Drought Resilience Funding Plan, which must be in place in February 2024. Programs developed under the Funding Plan will be announced by mid 2024.