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Michaela Settle

Michaela Settle

Minister for Regional Development of Victoria

Sep 3, 2026

1:21
Tell me the details about this funding announcement from today.
1:25
Certainly.
1:25
So today we announced the Future Drought Fund.
1:29
So that's a $66.8 million fund, which is jointly funded by Victorian and federal government.
1:37
It's extending the program from 25 to 29.
1:43
And the real purpose behind it is to build resilience both in farmers and in communities for future droughts.
1:50
So we're always here to back our farmers when we're in a drought, but now is also the time to be planning for the future.
2:31
And how will you build resilience? How will this program do that?
69:21
Two truths and a lie.
69:23
Okay, so these are all hailing back to a long time ago.
69:29
Some people, a bit like Belinda's Johnny Young, I know who he is, Some might struggle with names and the funniest one is that Stephen struggled with the name that the young folk will get.
69:41
So the stories I have to tell is I lived in London and I worked as a celebrity agent and I took Jonathan Ross to Spain.
69:55
So we were doing a corporate gig and And we got to the airport and I was on an Australian passport and was taken aside and had to sort of go through a whole rigmarole about my passport.
70:10
And as a consequence, we missed the plane and he missed the gig.
70:14
So some people know Jonathan Ross.
70:16
I'm trying to get eyes on Claire Tees-Lily to see what faces she's
Jane McNaughton
Jane McNaughtonCORRESPONDENT
45:40
Can you guarantee that that's going to stay in the pockets of the dairy industry and not be fleshed out more broadly across Food Safety Victoria?
45:48
All of the money from the dairy industry will come across to Safe Food Victoria.
45:54
So no money going into consolidated revenue.
45:57
It's all there in that independent body.
46:00
It's a decision for the chair and the board on how those fees are used.
46:06
But I have every confidence that they will be making sure that dairy industry gets all of the services that it has done in the past.
Jane McNaughton
Jane McNaughtonCORRESPONDENT
46:38
Does less regulation mean a drop in food safety?
46:41
Absolutely not.

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