DROUGHT-HIT farmers in the Swan Hill, Buloke, Yarriambiack, Pyrenees, Mildura, and Gannawarra local government areas will be able to access one-off payments of $3000.

The funding is part of the government's drought community support initiative.

Member for Mallee Anne Webster said the payments would provide immediate relief to some of the worst-hit farming families.

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