Rural Australians Left up in the Air as Banks Shut Down

A National Australia Bank ATM sign is seen at a branch in Albany, Western Australia, on Dec. 10, 2023. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

People in the city don’t always believe cattleman Don McDonald when he says he has to use a helicopter to connect to the internet.

The chairman of 197-year-old farming operation MDH, which runs 150,000 cattle across 14 properties in Queensland’s outback, has had to go to extraordinary lengths to do the most basic business.