In April this year Australia's largest and oldest dairy farm, Van Dairy, made shocking national headlines with claims of animal welfare abuse.
Van Dairy donated $25 000 to the Liberals in 2018. That is a donation we know of.
The EPA confirmed on 3 May they were investigating Van Dairy, Australia's largest dairy farm.
The department has conducted an investigation and determined that some information was inadvertently released in the RTI decision.
Yesterday in response to our question about alarming allegations of animal cruelty the Minister confirmed we were misled at the Estimates table.
Persistent allegations of cruelty and neglect at VDL dairies demand an urgent, sustained response from Biosecurity Tasmania.
In Estimates this year, when we asked you and your director of Biosecurity Tasmania about animal welfare issues at VDL, both of you denied any knowledge.
When twenty senior farm managers put their serious concerns about animal welfare in writing, government must pay attention.