For over 50 years these statements have reported on the extent and severity of dry conditions across Australia through drought maps showing areas of rainfall deficiencies. The Drought Statement ...

It is unusual for severe drought to hit the major cropping areas of southwestern and southeastern Australia in the same year. Map: A peak dry period, with below-average to record-low rainfall across ...

Jamie Solly has been carting water around South Australia’s fertile Fleurieu Peninsula for almost two decades and he says the drought conditions that have blanketed the state in the past 12 months are ...

Picture: Chris Woodman This map from the Bureau of Meteorology shows rainfall deciles in South Australia from February ... driest autumn on record.” The drought is pushing farmers, growers ...