Drought declared over for much of Queensland — but that doesn't mean those areas are fully recovered

Less than 10 per cent of Queensland is in drought for the first time since 2013 but graziers warn they are not all out of trouble. Key points: Drought declarations have been revoked across most of the state The focus is shifting to drought preparedness as ag industry prepares for the next big dry Graziers say they haven't fully recovered from the previous drought The state government has lifted drought declarations in nine local government areas after improvement in conditions. "Until the end of 2021 we'd had a few years of really severe drought," Ms Streeter said. Drought preparedness AgForce CEO Michael Guerin said the revoked declarations were made on the "general sense" of the area. Mr Furner said farmers in recently drought-revoked areas could access freight subsidies for restocking and returning from agistment under the Drought Relief Assistance Scheme for up to two years.