Western Australia’s Agriculture and Food Minister Alannah MacTiernan has come under fire for media comments suggesting that an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease would not be catastrophic and that staple grocery items could even be made cheaper if the contagious disease enters Australia.
Comments by the WA Ag Minister in an article that appeared in The Western Australian on Thursday have infuriated WA livestock producers. Click on image to enlarge.
Western Australian livestock producers have labelled comments as “reckless and irresponsible”, while the WA opposition has also…
