Koree Island farmer says drought-affected Hastings needs tighter water restrictions

Letitia Fitzpatrick
Updated October 24 2019 - 4:24pm, first published 10:00am
DRYING UP: Koree Island farmer Dennis Pelham stands on the Hastings River bed where the water used to be over his head. Photo: Letitia Fitzpatrick.
DRYING UP: Koree Island farmer Dennis Pelham stands on the Hastings River bed where the water used to be over his head. Photo: Letitia Fitzpatrick.

A Koree Island farmer says the Hastings River has dried up dramatically and wants the council to introduce tighter water restrictions.

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Letitia Fitzpatrick

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Senior journalist, Wauchope Gazette

Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.

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