Drought rip-offs: Watchdog to monitor hay prices to avoid farmers being rorted

David Fitzsimons
Updated August 14 2018 - 8:22am, first published 7:00am
MONITOR: Derek Schoen will oversee freight subsidies in the drought.
MONITOR: Derek Schoen will oversee freight subsidies in the drought.

Dodgy operators over-charging drought-hit farmers for hay, delivering inferior quality feed or gazumping producers who believed they had supply contracts locked in will be monitored by the state government.

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David Fitzsimons

I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.