Spring Ridge community meets with Barnaby Joyce to discuss need for assistance outside of primary producers

Lucy Kinbacher
February 16 2019 - 5:30am
Goondiwindi contract harvester Robert Privitera and Toowoomba based Spring Ridge contract harvester John Darby attended a meeting with Barnaby Joyce about the need for better support for contractors and small businesses impacted by drought. They are having to drive trucks and find alternative sources of income without any crops to pick/harvest. Picture: Lucy Kinbacher
Goondiwindi contract harvester Robert Privitera and Toowoomba based Spring Ridge contract harvester John Darby attended a meeting with Barnaby Joyce about the need for better support for contractors and small businesses impacted by drought. They are having to drive trucks and find alternative sources of income without any crops to pick/harvest. Picture: Lucy Kinbacher

TOOWOOMBA-based John Darby has contract harvested in Spring Ridge for 45 years but never has his future been so uncertain.

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Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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