Rural Australians betrayed (letter)*

Sir,Why do so many rural industry bodies, like the Beef Council, consistently act against the interests of their members and Australia? Were it not for the vigilance of the University of Sydney’s Professor Linda Weiss, the Government and these industry bodies would lower our quarantine and trade standards without a murmur.With bird ‘flu rife in countries to our north, documented BSE (mad cow disease) outbreaks in the United States, the risk of foot-and-mouth disease from recent imports of Brazil…

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