Australia lives out Mackellar cliché

Gregor Heard
Updated February 15 2017 - 8:38am, first published 8:33am
Parts of WA have been damaged by floods following heavy rain last week.
Parts of WA have been damaged by floods following heavy rain last week.

AUSTRALIA’S wildly fluctuating weather has been highlighted again in a week which has seen over 160mm dumped on parts of southern Western Australia at the same time as parts of NSW, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia swelter through temperatures close to 50 degrees.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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