The opposition leader's call for Australia to shut the border to Indonesia due to the risk of spreading foot-and-mouth disease does not appear to be on the advice of the chief vet.
Nor is it based on the views of those representing the Australians with the most to lose.
Australia's chief vet Mark Schipp continually reviews Australia's biosecurity preparedness and as recently as this week has said he does not believe closing the border with Indonesia is warranted.
The National Farmers' Federation, the Australian Meat Industry Council and the Cattle Council of Australia, Sheep Producers Australia, Australian Lot Feeders Association and Australian Livestock Exporters Council support keeping the border with Indonesia open.
The Australian Dairy Industry Council also accepts the advice from the Australian government to keep the border open.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-28/foot-mouth-border-closure-call-politics/101276628
so all the gaff from the Libs is merely a beat-up ..... I've known people who drop a bomber, particularly in lecture theatres, and look as innocent as a lamb while their stench seeps over the gathered crowd. similar people who trigger events by dropping a few words hinting at some impropriety and then walking away as the residents of the tea room burst into indignation.....
But Dutton's bomb isn't going off, except among the trolls.
