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Australian cattle industry sues government over export ban

29/10/2014

A group made up of Australian cattle farmers and the wider industry has launched a class action lawsuit against the government for its decision to halt live exports to Indonesia in 2011. The ban was imposed after a video emerged of Australian cows being whipped in an Indonesian abattoir. However, the farmers say the reaction was extreme and led...

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