not saving his bacon

Deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce and the NSW government have considered stripping the charitable status of animal rights groups who trespass on farm land in attempts to expose animal mistreatment, new documents reveal.

The federal and NSW governments have been hosting a series of joint roundtable meetings with the animal industry to discuss farm trespass by animal rights activists.

A common and effective tactic to catch out mistreatment of animals by farm industry bodies is for activists to trespass on farm land and undertake surveillance of the farm. This footage can then be passed on to news organisation and broadcast more widely to distribute serious allegations of abuse. Similar tactics were used to expose the greyhound racing scandal in NSW.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/08/barnaby-joyce-and...