Proud Country: A portrait of Australia’s worst drought in 50 years | Four Corners

Four Corners follows the plight of a town and its people, as they try to hold onto their livelihoods and find some joy amid the worst drought in more than 50 years.

[dionhutchinson]

This is one of the hardest stories I've ever watched so many good farmers suffering financially and mentally to keep themselves and there cows going. My thoughts go out to the good people of the Aussie out back

[jasminemadden]

as a kiwi i am proud to be here in this amazing nation to help my brothers and sisters as i can

[shanemoran]

I'm from Tamworth I saw this drought first hand, it was bloody tough.

We stuck together. Rural Australians come together.

[abhishekpratapsingh]

fantastic doc very pleased to see .very very nice people.

[rosannecoffman]

Your greatest ally in this drought is Geoff Lawton. He will help you develop swales and keylines to save water. If there is a way Geoff will find it. He is an Australian, a national treasure.

[RohanGillett]

The more I watch of this, the more I love this country of mine, Australia.

[djack]

Looks like the American dust bowl in the making . Bring lots of cattle, sheep and goats to a dry land and destroy the vegetation = DUST BOWL .

[Chris-byeh]

@ABC -- I would LOVE a follow up story now.

[davidbaker]

Peter Andrews very important knowledge of how to create and maintain our land must not be cast aside or ignored.With Tony Cootes insight and capable backing of Peters work along with Stewart (son of Peter) & other Mulloon Creek property owners Australia must embrace this legacy & promote it nation wide.

[tinkerbelldog]

Farmers are the backbone of our country.

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I love my country and the people in it.💙

[squareeyes]

This is a year and a half ago. Nothing has f**king changed. I'm from Orange and we have a house that cost us a $460k loan. We are running out fast. Everything is dead, dams are empty.
What disgusts me the most is when we travel and see people with "water rights" Irrigating and watering grass, the government sitting there and saying it'll rain and the fact that businesses are taking advantage of us with this drought relief scandal that they tried. I'm scared that Orange will have to be evacuated and that we're going to be left homeless as we lose our jobs, home and get stuck with a loan.
Government needs to invest big into a state wide reliable infrastructure. Government never did anything reliable and properly. Can't even do the internet right. Won't do water properly and now they're being slack with firefighting support.
I can go on but I believe anyone who reads this already knows what would be listed....
Now with the fires, I fear for more than my own wallet. With all this money that will be lost, these liberals better quit their bullshitery with holidays and giving money to churches because we're going to need it.

[橋本絵莉子]

" A portrait of Australia’s worst drought in 50 years "
And they did not know what 2019/20 Summer was going to be.

[Skemooo]

i dont understand u cutdown 60-70% of trees what else do you expect? why cant you build houses with concrete and bricks like they do in east here? i can understand why they build it out of wood in west.. but comeon . from what i hear 6000 acres of land with not a single tree in some areas, where there used to be forests all cutdown under pretext of cultivation.. now your reaping the effects of it.

[jintoo]

We had the worst drought in 108 years during 2016 in South Africa. Where i lived we had 20mm of our expected 800mm for the year.... Small towns were hardest hit.

[AstoriaHeard]

And now, I’m 2019/2020, the fires. These poor people.

[Dazzwidd]

I know people who live in this area and keep cattle. It's pretty upsetting to witness from outside.
This is the first time I've seen this 4 Corners episode and it's making it even more striking the extent of this.

[nephos]

Notice how the word 'fine' is used by the weather reporters for days that have no rain. No rain at the moment means severe drought and the word used is 'fine'! The word should be 'devastating'. As in, "Today, the weather is devastating once again across the country. Hazy skies that are the wrong colour due to SRM will obliterate the chance of any rain cloud forming let alone dropping any rain." That's how the reports should go.

[madeleine]

This is heart-rending. Life simply is a struggle. There are always issues and sometimes we wonder what to do next. These poor farmers are at that point. I am American but I hear the same refrain from every video regardless of country...why isn't government more responsive? Do they tax us enough? Where does the money go? Etc.Etc.Etc. It was positive to be shown a caring physician. My husband was very involved in his patients and their problems and took them to heart. So much for cold doctors.

[Peace]

Water will be the next oil in next century

[rauleyshar]

I can mitigate the drought problems these farmers are struggling, but will never get to that level. You see, the power these days are given to those who are unfit and it is the people who elect these unfit government officials. These problems can be solved through innovations and it is a time to act now otherwise future generations will be doomed.