Published: November 05, 2018
Agriculture minister asks former corruption head to investigate claims raised in Moss review
The agriculture minister, David Littleproud, is sending in a former head of the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) to investigate allegations that departmental staff were dissuaded from reporting animal welfare issues in the live sheep trade.
The recent Moss review, which found extensive deficiencies with regulation of the crisis-prone industry, highlighted instances where former staff members in the animal welfare branch of the agriculture department allegedly had their reports “revised or redrafted to dilute or expunge findings which adversely reflected on the regulatory framework”.
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