Oversight pressure of AWI's wool levy spending

Annabelle Cleeland
Updated March 16 2017 - 10:10am, first published 6:00am
Livestock SA vice president Joe Keynes (centre), pictured with SA Merino sire evaluation chairman Roger Fiebig and and SA Sheep Industry Blueprint manager Stephen Lee.
Livestock SA vice president Joe Keynes (centre), pictured with SA Merino sire evaluation chairman Roger Fiebig and and SA Sheep Industry Blueprint manager Stephen Lee.

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation (AWI) top chiefs’ grilling over expenditure of compulsory levies at recent Senate estimates has triggered state farming organisations to instate a peak industry group to closer scrutinise their spending.

Annabelle Cleeland

Annabelle Cleeland

National Sheep & Wool Writer

Annabelle Cleeland is Fairfax Media’s national sheep and wool writer. Annabelle joined the Fairfax team in 2012 to nurture her love of Australian agriculture. She began as the Victorian western district reporter at Stock & Land before taking on a senior position as a journalist reporting on all industries statewide. Annabelle’s appetite to report on issues which affect the sheep and wool industry has seen her travel to many parts of Australia and abroad. She is excited to spin industry yarns during a period of substantial demand for the sheepmeat and wool industries. Annabelle enjoys horse riding and climbing mountains, and is a lazy supporter of the Geelong Football Club.

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