Islamic markets, and matters of diplomacy and trade, are only one part of the rolling scandals that plague Australia’s live export industry. Despite mushrooming regulations, the principal regulator – the federal Department of Agriculture, until recently helmed by Barnaby Joyce – has long ignored its conflicted interest between producers and their livestock. The trope of the “rogue trader” is neat but inaccurate.
Despite decades of scandal, outrage and response, the Commonwealth has largely permitted the conditions exposed last week by 60 Minutes. Martin McKenzie-Murray reports.
Plus: Paul Bongiorno on the future facing Malcolm Turnbull after Newspoll 30, Karen Middleton on the campaign to help white South Africans is designed for marginal electorates, and Mike Seccombe on wage theft and migrant workers …
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