the season s big snowstorms are draining city budgets in the north. look how australia is paying for nature. a flood tax will cover repairs from the recent disaster costing middle class families in australia as much as $20 a month. damon ryan with australia s 9 network looks at reaction. reporter: on the front line of fund-raising today, there was a strong feeling the government s levy will be bad for business. do you think people will stop donating? i do. especially only if the government is going to slap a tax on them. reporter: the response to the flood crisis has been unrivalled. today almost $170 million has been raised. there is a lot of people who have given quite a lot. now they re going to be giving