Foot and mouth: the livestock virus brewing at Australia’s borders
Written by Presented by Jane Lee with Gabrielle Chan, Produced by Allison Chan, Karishma Luthria, Miles Herbert. Sound Design and mixing by Camilla Hannan. Executive producers Miles Martignoni, Molly Glassey from the Guardian
The lethal livestock virus foot-and-mouth disease has resurfaced in Indonesia for the first time in over 30 years, dramatically raising Australia’s threat level. Guardian Australia’s rural and regional editor Gabrielle Chan explains to Jane Lee what could happen if the disease enters Australia and what governments and farmers are doing to try to prevent a domestic outbreak
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Written by Presented by Jane Lee with Gabrielle Chan, Produced by Allison Chan, Karishma Luthria, Miles Herbert. Sound Design and mixing by Camilla Hannan. Executive producers Miles Martignoni, Molly Glassey from the Guardian
The lethal livestock virus foot-and-mouth disease has resurfaced in Indonesia for the first time in over 30 years, dramatically raising Australia’s threat level. Guardian Australia’s rural and regional editor Gabrielle Chan explains to Jane Lee what could happen if the disease enters Australia and what governments and farmers are doing to try to prevent a domestic outbreak
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… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.
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