The wonderful team at ABC WA Country Hour presented a solid story today around the WAFarmers’ allegation that multiple corporations have breached the same law that Toodyay farmer Tony Maddox was charged with for repairing a creek crossing on his property.
During the interview with ABC presenter Nadia Mitsopoulos, WAFarmers’ President Steve McGuire explains that while the law and regulations are not perfect, the way the Department applied them to convict Mr Maddox is an example of bloody-minded, bureaucratic overreach that is very problematic for West Australian landowners. Steve makes the point that unless overturned in the Supreme Court on 20 February, the legal precedent created by charging Mr Maddox increases risk and reduces property rights for all landowners.
Listen to the Country Hour story here:
