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After opposing climate action for decades, Federated Farmers wants the govt to foot the bill for storm-damaged roads to their farms (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 day ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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[–] dfi@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not throwing shade here, but i don't know a single person (farmer or not) in a disaster situation that would not want the government to fix the roads, maybe a road is not fixable... but if i had a apartment, house, cottage, batch, farm at the end of a road i would like the council/government to fix the road to my place, if they couldn't that would be a big deal and i would be unhappy. The individuals affected by this may have supported or opposed climate action, it doesn't change their current situation that they are still in.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

There are many thousands of people affected by the damage to that road and I'd rather hear from any of them before hearing from the group that contributed to causing that damage.