00:02Cattle roam across Valwyn Station after surviving mass floodwaters across the region a month ago,
00:09but grazier Tom Sculls is still counting the losses.
00:12All these big fellas you see here seem to be all okay, but yeah, it was the smaller cattle that
00:17really struggled.
00:18As the recovery won't come cheap, with stock losses expected to come close to 100,000 head.
00:24That is millions of dollars if you're going to buy them back.
00:27Richmond and Julia Creek Shire mayors are pushing for government restocking support.
00:32They're into like the sixth year of breeding and now they have to start again.
00:38The restocking grant that the Morrison and the Palaszczuk government put in in 19 actually got the industry back going
00:44again.
00:45State and federal government ministers say they're willing to work together to deliver restocking support for graziers,
00:51but so far no grants have been announced.
00:54In the Cloncurry Shire, essential mining infrastructure was closed due to the rain.
01:00Multi-million dollar repairs to the town's airstrip are underway.
01:04Our contractors cut out the damaged sections and replaced it with new asphalt.
01:08In Julia Creek, local businesses are scrambling to deal with the fallout, totalling tens of thousands of dollars.
01:15When the roads are closed, it becomes quieter, there's no business or people are isolated.
01:23A community banding together, determined to get back up and running.
01:27The End
01:29You
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