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June 17, 2010
Australian cattle producers warned of interstate regulations
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Queensland's largest collective fine for illegal cattle movement from New South Wales has sent a warning to cattle producers.
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Five people were fined AUD114,000 (US$98,100) in total for breaching Queensland's Stock Act, which aims to protect the state's beef industry by keeping the Bovine Johne's disease out.
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Industry and Investment NSW's Sally Spence said cattle producers in New South Wales need to be aware of interstate regulations.
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"If cattle producers are going to take cattle to other states, they've got to check with that state before they rashly go and take them up there," Spence said.
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"Because there are rules, not so much going south, going into Victoria or Tasmania, but going into all the other states, they've got to meet certain conditions."
