AgForce deletes decade's worth of data from government-funded barrier reef program

Farm lobby group’s CEO says data was ‘never intended’ to be provided to Queensland government

The Queensland farm lobby AgForce has deleted more than a decade worth of data from a government program that aims to improve water quality in the Great Barrier Reef, in response to state government moves to introduce new reef protection laws.

Guardian Australia revealed in June that the state’s auditor general had raised concerns that agriculture industry groups had refused to share data from the “best management practices” program due to privacy concerns.

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