Canberra demystified for NAB Rising Cattle Champion

Colin Bettles
Updated September 12 2017 - 9:19am, first published September 11 2017 - 8:22pm
NT Labor MP Warren Snowden (left), Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, NAB Regional Agribusiness Manager Olivia McFarlane, NT NAB Cattle Council Rising Champion James Beale, and NSW NAB Cattle Council Rising Champion Tom Heggaton.
NT Labor MP Warren Snowden (left), Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, NAB Regional Agribusiness Manager Olivia McFarlane, NT NAB Cattle Council Rising Champion James Beale, and NSW NAB Cattle Council Rising Champion Tom Heggaton.

​YOUNG NT cattle industry leader James Beale had an invaluable inside learning experience this week and says all is not as it seems when it comes to understanding the multiple layerings of political and bureaucratic processes.

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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