Draft live export transition document still to be finessed

Federal bureaucrats acknowledged that a draft document outlining the allocation of the $139 million live export transition fund was “inadvertently distributed,” but they have not disclosed details about the leak. The document, which detailed plans for the $45.5 million designated for WA’s sheep and wool sectors, raised concerns about the sufficiency of the funding and specified breakdowns for grants to various stakeholders. Despite inquiries from the Countryman, the Federal Department of Agriculture provided limited responses, emphasizing that all funding decisions are a matter for government and that the document has not yet been presented to them.

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