Agriculture Minister Murray Watt announced the vaccine push and a $500,000 grant to boost industry co-operation after meeting his Indonesian counterpart in Jakarta on Thursday.
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt announced the vaccine push and a $500,000 grant to boost industry co-operation after meeting with his Indonesian counterpart in Jakarta on Thursday.
Indonesian authorities have stopped all animals travelling to or from the tourist island for the past two weeks. Workers were disinfecting farms and there were measures in place to disinfect workers’ clothing as well, Mr Limpo said. Australian farmers are asking travellers returning from a Bali holiday to throw out their shoes to help keep the virus out of Australia, where it has not been detected for 100 years. The federal opposition wants stricter measures.
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