Joe Hockey shares a tongue-in-cheek tale of cattle, costs, and confusion.
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00:00The cyclone hit far north Queensland, and my manager rang me up and said,
00:07oh, the abattoir said you've got to take the cattle back.
00:09And all of you know that's, you know, costly to transport.
00:12And I said, well, and he said, you've got to pay for it.
00:15I said, that's bloody outrageous.
00:17Who's in charge of that goddamn abattoir?
00:20It was some guy in Brazil, apparently owns it.
00:22And I said, get him on the phone.
00:24I was a minister.
00:25Get him on the phone.
00:27I don't want to speak to him.
00:28They eventually tracked him down.
00:30He said, minister, yes, minister.
00:32And I said, there's been a side point.
00:34My cattle are in your yards, and now you're charging me to take them back.
00:38You should be paying for everything.
00:39He said, minister, I'm so sorry.
00:41How many cattle?
00:41I said, eight.