Rural Debt and Drought Taskforce Anonymous

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Please hand your completed survey to the Secretariat or:
Email: ruraldebtsecretariat@daf.qld.gov.au
Postal: Rural Debt and Drought Taskforce, GPO BOX 46, BRISBANE QLD 4001
Q1

Which Shire Council is your farm located in?

Q2

Are you a:
Primary producer
Other occupation

Q3

Local business owner

31 35
36 40

Please specify

What age is the manager of your farm/business?

26 30

Q4

Please tick.

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56 60

46 50

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66 70

51 55

71 75
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81 85

Q5

Do you have a workable succession plan in place to manage your

farming/business operation that will provide for your retirement?
Yes
No
Will you have to renegotiate your loans in the next year? Yes

No

Q6

Did you engage in a farm build-up program?

No

Yes

If yes, how many properties did you acquire?

Q7

What interest rate % range are you currently paying on debt? Please tick.
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Q8

If a fair market value was offered to you for the sale of your property/business
tomorrow, would you sell it?
Yes
No

Q9

Has your bank/financier requested that you sell off farm or other assets?
Yes

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No

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Has your bank requested that your farm/business be listed for sale by a
nominated time?
Yes

No

Q1
1

If multi-peril insurance (risk mitigation insurance) was available at an affordable

price, would you take it up?
Yes
No

Q1
2

Would access to a low interest, long-term loan allow you to return stability to
your business more quickly?
Yes
No

Q1
3

Have you applied for drought assistance through QRAA?

Q1
4

Are you in receipt of the Australian Governments Farm Household Allowance?

Q1
5

Is the Farm Household Allowance adequate to meet both day to day needs and
emergency expenditures?

Yes, successfully
No

Yes

For example medical, telephone bills etc.

Q1
6

Yes, unsuccessfully

Yes

No

What strategies or initiatives do you think should be adopted to improve rural

debt management?

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No