Flood-affected Charters Towers, Etheridge producers call for category C help

Sally Gall
Updated October 15 2019 - 12:19pm, first published October 13 2019 - 3:30pm
Photographs show the extent of the Burdekin River bank erosion that Anthony Caleo needs to replace. Pictures supplied.
Photographs show the extent of the Burdekin River bank erosion that Anthony Caleo needs to replace. Pictures supplied.

After losing an estimated $1 million in watermelon damage in February, Charters Towers producer Anthony Caleo is one of two dozen flood-affected primary producers in the Charters Towers and Etheridge local government areas looking at minimal compensation thanks to a strict application of bureaucratic criteria.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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