The live exports ban fiasco has prompted a deeper view of MLA’s activities a la Fairfax Business Editor, Michael West’s Cook’s tour of MLA’s problems. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/business/export-ban-has-halfmillion-herd-on-the-hoof-20110610-1fx3d.html#ixzz1Ow67V5dg
Perhaps as MLA is a corporation, ASIC will finally get involved now, even if the Federal Government keeps hiding its head in the sand over the MLA quango. Who knows, just as Al Capone was jailed for tax evasion rather than murder, MLA may be restructured or closed-down due to ineptitude rather than misappropriation of funds!
Archive for Livestock disease
Is The MLA Quango Like Al Capone re. Live Export Ban ?
How Does Japan’s Foot & Mouth Outbreak Affect Australia?
The current Foot and Mouth outbreak in Japan concerns me. Just why, I don’t know …but it does. Check-out an ABC news snippet here
Perhaps we don’t import much (any?) Wagyu beef or other livestock products from Japan. However, if it wasn’t for the Senate RATT committee, we would be receiving imports of beef from countries that are prone to, if not currently diseased by, BSE and other dangerous livestock diseases. It is difficult to believe that this dire situation would have been achieved with the active support of our own MLA and its various ‘feeder’ groups eg. Cattle Council.
Let’s hope AQIS and our location as an island nation will protect us from Japan’s F&M. What we need to do now is use this as a wake-up call to ensure legislation continues to protect us from any other future threats.
Have I got this right?
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