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INVESTIGATION:
What's going on with abattoirs in Australia?

King Island, wants a $50 million abattoir bcuz it costs $120 to ship beasts to mainland for slaughter

Owners JBS, shut the old abattoir in 2012

Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a boat?
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abc.net.au/news/2019-11-1…
Now, JBS is a big Brazilian Corporation also known in Australia as Meatworks

They want to build an abattoir in Victoria at Gillieston

Even tho abattoirs are doing it tough in the drought, they can't get staff & are closing down all over Aust
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abc.net.au/news/2019-09-2…
JBS/Meatworks seems to move in, take over, put other abattoirs out of operation, then get state govt subsidies to absorb the workforce that they forced out of a job or shut it down completely & move on

They got $1.2 mill in QLD to absorb staff
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beefcentral.com/processing/jbs…
South Australia - JBS Australia cuts back to 1 shift per week
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stockjournal.com.au/story/5882596/…
Tasmania - JBS shuts down Longford's abattoir

The drought is making it tough & even when drought-breaking rains come, breeding stock will have to be built-up again that means less beasts for slaughter & more tough times for abattoirs
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examiner.com.au/story/5715984/…
QLD- John Dee Abattoir in @D_LittleproudMP's electorate scored $4.8 million in govt funding for an 'on site cold storage facility'

So, if times are so tough, why are they expanding? Is it just bcuz they can get taxpayer grants? Is that viable?
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queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/6078058/…
QLD - Josie & Blair Angus of Signature Onfarm P/L scored a $5.5 million grant & a $25 mill NAIF loan for a 'boutique abattoir & on-farm village' even though they've never owned or run an abattoir before.

But they do own 30-40K head of cattle
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queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/6405832/…
MP for Capricornia, @mlandryMP lobbied hard for the Angus' abattoir

Josie Angus is the cousin of LNP State Candidate for Whitsunday, Amanda Camm (Dep Mayor of Mackay).

It is believed that Landry is Camm's cousin. Can anyone confirm that?

A bit cosy 'eh?
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Even though the Angus' are dyed-in-the-wool LNP supporters, they're still happy to accept grants from the QLD @AnnastaciaMP Govt to fund their abattoir staff

The project value was originally about $25 mill, now that's gone up to $37-odd million
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#auspol
So, it appears to me that:

-Abattoirs are winning massive state or federal govt grants to help build new abattoirs/upgrades/staffing

-Despite the drought & tough times & abattoirs closing down, new abattoirs are winning govt grants & are being built🤔
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- Abattoirs seems to get federal funding to build the abattoir & state funding to staff it

- The 'drought' doesn't seem to be a factor when determining whether a new abattoir will be approved

- 'Jobs' are always the politician's excuse to build yet another abattoir
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- Abattoirs are always advertising for workers & appear to have trouble staffing their operations & use a predominately TSS workforce (Temporary Skills Shortage visas)

- Working in an abattoir is a low-paid, long hours, difficult, disgusting job that few can stomach
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- Asylum seekers who arrive by plane & are being processed (often takes years) often work in abattoirs, they usually have little choice

- Abattoirs don't seem to be a viable business & do not seem to be able to operate without significant federal & state assistance
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- Abattoir staff are often deported after a few years after their claims are processed & refused - eg - #hometobilo

- A merry-go-round of abattoirs - funding from federal & state govts - a transient, possibly exploited workforce - shut-downs - new abattoirs built🤔
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#auspol
-I reckon if Holden was an abattoir it'd still be running, why do some industries get so much help from govt & others are allowed to fall by the wayside?

-For the amount of govt investment, there's a VERY small return in real jobs for rural & remote Australia🤔
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Farmers usually get abt $3-$5kg per beast, we pay abt $15-$30+ per kg for meat, export pays way more

-All this doesn't add-up

-Abattoirs SHOULD be viable based on those prices

-Yet abattoirs get so many govt handouts

-Where are all the jobs promised by politicians?
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It just doesn't add up to me, someone is getting very rich at the expense of farmers & workers & the taxpayer keeps picking up the tab - what's going on?

This is an ongoing investigation, so if you've got any tips about abattoirs in your area, please let me know.
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OK #auspol here's an update on #SportsGate

You may recall I did a thread the other day 👇about the $100 million in pre-election sports funding by then Sports Minister @senbmckenzie

Today's thread is about the funding Victoria got from that scheme
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Here's the list of VIC electorates & funding

Electoral boundaries have changed so average amount person is an estimate where possible.

@DanTehanWannon's electorate of Wannon got the most, $1,700,055, about $12.70 per person

4 seats got $0 (all Labor seats)
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Rural seats fared best in @senbmckenzie's home state, $1,682,621 was ploughed into the seat of Indi, the independent seat that the govt desperately wanted to win but failed to win in May.

Formerly, @Indigocathy's seat, was won by @helenhainesindi
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I read this story the other day & thought that's suss as!

$100+ million in funding for sports released in the 6 months prior to federal election
Rnd 1- Dec 2018
Rnd 2- Mar 2019
Rnd 3- Apr 2019

So, I decided to have a closer squizz
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abc.net.au/news/2019-10-2…
Firstly, I had a look at the amounts of sports funding, approved by then Sports Minister @senbmckenzie, Australia-wide compared to population.

On a per capita basis, Northern Territory fared best, NSW fared worst
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But, I really wanted to focus on Queensland to see if that may have been a contributing factor to the large swing to the Coalition in QLD.

It appears that some QLD federal seats fared better than others, particularly Coalitions seats!
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Yesterday @AlanJones tore @ScottMorrisonMP a new one over drought funding

What surprised me was the PM, being his usual arrogant self, just doubled-down on commitments he's already made

Despite Jones' impassioned pleas, no NEW money was forthcoming from PM

Why?
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Here's the PM's interview with Alan Jones 15 October 2019
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So, I decided to have a squizz at where all the drought funding is going.

I think I found the reason why @ScottMorrisonMP doubled-down & didn't or won't announce any new drought relief funding.

Basically, he's broke.

Stone cold broke. Barely a brass razoo left
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