On June 2, 2020, the Federal Court handed down its decision in the class action case Brett Cattle Company versus the Minister for Agriculture, finding that the actions of then-Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Senator Joe Ludwig constituted the tort of misfeasance in imposing a ban on the live export of Australian cattle to Indonesia in 2011.
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