Yes, there was a lot of talk about the challenges – Luke Bowen, well-known from his days as the CEO of the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association, now working for the NT government on agriculture and fisheries issues, talked about the likelihood of disease blow-ins from countries to Australia’s north, federal cost recovery imposts and the likelihood of sheep live exports being phased out were front and centre, and how social media is manipulating messages – these were all serious topics at the two-day LIVEXchange conference.
