Leon Bradley - an intellectual pioneer for WA agriculture

Colin Bettles
January 19 2017 - 2:00pm
Leon Bradley was most at home on his farm at Bolgart in the WA Wheatbelt.
Leon Bradley was most at home on his farm at Bolgart in the WA Wheatbelt.

LEON Bradley was the modest but forthright intellectual mastermind behind the long-running farmer campaign that usurped Australia’s once giant AWB wheat export single desk monopoly, by relentlessly prosecuting an impenetrable argument that applied fierce dedication to objective evidence and free enterprise principles.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

Canberra Bureau Chief

Has been the Canberra Bureau Chief for Fairfax Agricultural Media since 2010 - survived the hung parliament - former media manager at Western Australian Cricket Association now covering national agricultural and rural issues in federal politics.

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