Hay

[laughs]

The Hay- the Hay is in the barn.

What the fuck?

The Hay is in the barn.

First today, the only major abattoir in the north of the state is set to reopen in February after it finally secured visas for 25 skilled workers and possibly another four from the Philippines.

Hayden Sale is General Manager of Yoooka Walla Pastoral Company, which owns and operates the Pindan Beef Company near Broome in WA's Far North Kimberley.

He's managed to secure the workers after a trip to Canberra to lobby politicians to fast-track the visa applications and ensure the abattoir reopens after being left dormant for years.

Hayden, what was the reception like in Canberra?

Really good, actually.

Yeah, refreshingly good, I've gotta say.

So this gives people another channel through feedlots, uh, into meatworks that they can do with cattle that aren't necessarily suitable or, or get a discount into the live export trade.

So I think it's, I think it's really important for the northwest.