There’s one thing that unites us when there’s a crisis. Australians want to dig in and help.

We would like to thank everyone across the state who has taken time to support farmers, their families and others in our local communities in this terrible drought.

Recently in some areas of New South Wales/Queensland, there has been a little rain, though it has hardly wet the surface. 

It is going to be a long, hard road ahead for farmers and our rural communities, so it’s uplifting to see so many people sticking together and lending a hand through these tough times.

While droughts place emotional strains on people who rely on the land to make a living, farmers have been telling our volunteers that it means the world to them that so many Australians want to help out.

Drought-affected farmers are showing remarkable strength, coping with determination in the face of huge hardships.

Financial assistance is available: farmers can go to the Country Women’s Association website and fill out a simple form: https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/

In response to the statements from Angus Taylor MP about renewable energy, in particular wind energy, I urge people to differ.

Angus Taylor has said that he is not against wind energy but that he is against subsidies for it (ABC News August 30). 

I do not have all the data for energy and other sectors but I do know that government subsidies are a common instrument, all over the world, of pursuing government policy.

In Australia subsidies in the agricultural and mining sectors have long been and are still in place. 

Of course subsidies must be discussed and the levels continually reassessed but for Angus Taylor to single out one area, particularly during his first days as Minister for Energy, is disturbing.

A statement that may sound reasonable may not bear up under scrutiny. 

It was sad and concerning to see our likeable Angus in the forefront of the recent Liberal Party debacle.

This, and his resistance to marriage equality are two examples of a conflict of interest that is at times, causing him to represent his Abbott aligned ideology ahead of the values and will of the large majority of Hume voters. 

He will no doubt endeavour to dispel this perception. However, his displayed allegiance to the Abbott - Dutton group of democracy manipulators, shows a conscious disregard for the values of our electorate majority.

Some will see this observation as harsh. However, at a time when trust in our Federal Parliament is rapidly eroding, we must call out individual members of this destructive unrepresentative Abbott - Dutton cell.

We are experiencing previously unimaginable winter bushfires and other natural disasters. It will be interesting to see if he and his Abbott manipulated party continue to deflect Australian's strong demand for accelerated growth of lower cost, clean renewable energy.

We can all select data to suit our own factional ideologies.

However, the vast mass of scientific evidence warns of awful impacts on the lives of our young ones, if we don't act more wholeheartedly.

How could anyone logically resist these scientist's calls for dynamic action to combat the many potential devastating climate threats, our young people face.