AUSTRALIA’S peak farming body is calling on the Federal Government to have a long hard look at the way it’s handling the compensation process for producers in the live cattle export class action.
Senate Estimates in Canberra last week revealed the Government had offered $215 million, a mere fraction of that being sought in compensation and interest.
The subject was a major talking point at this year’s Northern Cattleman’s Association Conference, with the lawyer in-charge of the class action running delegates through the pay-out process and explaining why it is taking so…
