Cattle exporters blast red tape bill from 'bloated' regulator
Cattle exporters blast red tape bill from âbloatedâ regulator Save Share Cattle and sheep exporters are staring down the barrel of huge increases in government charges to pay for red tape and what they say is a bloated bureaucracy introduced by the Morrison government. The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has flagged hitting the live export industry with a 326 per cent increase in annual licence fees over the next three years together with other large increases in charges as the government seeks to recoup regulation costs. Besides the annual licence fee increase, the de...