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Australian government to pay ‘substantial damages’ over live cattle trade

03/06/2020

The Australian government has been ordered to pay “substantial damages” to cattle farmers following a decision to shut down the trade of live cattle to Indonesia in 2011.

An ABC programme on May 30, 2011 featured animal welfare abuses in some Indonesian abattoirs processing Australian cattle and in June, acting on behalf of the Federal Government, former Agriculture Minister Senator Joe Ludwig banned the live cattle trade to Indonesia.

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