On the 15th November, 2010, Norman Hunt of Hunt Partners, Leigh Belbeck of Bindaree Beef and Tony Gooden, Executive State Manager, Northern Australian, Elders, with apologies from Graeme Acton and Noel Grant of Grant, Daniel & Long, met with Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Senator for Queensland, Joe Ludwig, in Canberra, to discuss the Australian beef industry reaching a point of crisis and that it is critical that national measures are taken to strengthen the domestic market.
Accompanied by Tony Windsor MP, Independent Federal Member for New England, as well as Alistair Lawrie, Mr Ludwig's adviser, Simon Murnane, General Manager for the Livestock Industries and Animal Welfare Branch, Agricultural Productivity Division of Ag., Fish. & Forestry, the representatives from the United Beef Group discussed the resolutions form the forums held at Armidale and Paradise Lagoons, along with the Beef's New Direction Strategic Plan
The United Beef Group is also to meet with Minister Ludwig at his Brisbane Electoral office in the New Year and will also provide dates with respect to the proposed visit by Ludwig to the Casino Co-Operative, Abattoir and Bindaree Beef at Inverell in the New Year