Government used wrong data to award $1m in drought relief to waterlogged shire

By Rachael Houlihan and Chris O'Keefe
Updated October 1 2019 - 7:52am, first published 7:30am
Flooding in supposedly drought stricken Moyne Shire in August.
Flooding in supposedly drought stricken Moyne Shire in August.

The Morrison government is being forced to review all 123 councils eligible for drought relief after it admitted it used the wrong weather data to award a million dollars to a waterlogged Victorian shire.

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