MV Ocean Drover
ALMOST 13 years since a Julia Gillard-led Government banned the live cattle trade to Indonesia, the Federal Government has decided not to pay out a settlement offer on a class action which found the ban to be illegal.
The decision was the latest point in the long-running timeline since the class action was kicked off in 2014. The verdict was handed down in 2020 and an appeal was ruled out, but only the lead claimant, the Brett Cattle Company, has been paid out – with the rest of the 215 claimants still waiting.
With no end in sight for the case, Beef Central has been…
