Drought hits Figtree - but only one side of the Princes Highway, says govt

Glen Humphries
Updated October 21 2019 - 8:28am, first published October 17 2019 - 1:00pm
Look carefully - those homes on the right of the Princes Highway at Figtree are in a drought-affected area, while the other side of the highway isn't. Or so the state government claims. Picture: Sylvia Liber.
Look carefully - those homes on the right of the Princes Highway at Figtree are in a drought-affected area, while the other side of the highway isn't. Or so the state government claims. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

One side of the Princes Highway at Figtree is affected by drought - but the other side isn't.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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