gillard destroyed my life, page-55

Not comparing apples to apples.

Roses can be stored for up to 14 days and can be grown year round so the lose of a couple of crops would rarely send you to the wall.

http://www.oxyzone.com.au/_assets/research_cut_flowers.pdf

Cattle has a 20-25 year natural life span.

So they will be a cost to feed them until the market re-opens and yes people will be out of work. But the product will still be there to sell.

The government was in a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation , the growers need to also take some responsibility and not lay it all at the feet of the government. The same people who scream against formal regulation of industry arethe same one screaming now that self regulation has failed.