Lawsuit filed over Australia’s devastating 2007 flu outbreak
In this video, Robin Hosking talks nigh the destruction he felt at losing Lively Exit, a champion harness racehorse he described every bit his best friend, to equine flu during the 2007 outbreak. Hosking is ane of the Pb applicants inwards a aeroplane activeness lawsuit filed against the Australian Government over the outbreak.
A police delineate of piece of employment solid has filed a aeroplane activeness against the Australian Government over the 2007 equine flu outbreak that toll the Equus caballus manufacture millions.
The delineate of piece of employment solid Maurice Blackburn, which specialises inwards compensation cases, filed the activeness yesterday on behalf of to a greater extent than than 550 clients for losses arising from the outbreak.
The action, filed inwards the Federal Court inwards Sydney, alleges the Government negligently caused the outbreak that devastated the Equus caballus in addition to racing industries later the virus escaped from Eastern Creek Quarantine Station in addition to spread across eastern Australia.
The outbreak, which lasted from August 2007 until Jan 2008, resulted inwards hundreds of people suffering pregnant fiscal loss.
Many were withal struggling to recover every bit a result, the police delineate of piece of employment solid said.
Clients signed on to the aeroplane activeness include racehorse owners, Equus caballus breeders, Equus caballus racing clubs, equestrian clubs, Equus caballus transporters, jockeys, in addition to trainers.
Maurice Blackburn lawyer Damian Scattini said it was good known that the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) had failed to ensure appropriate quarantine in addition to biosecurity measures were inwards house to protect the Equus caballus in addition to racing industry.
“The failings of AQIS are good known, something confirmed yesteryear the Callinan Inquiry inwards 2008, which institute in that location were systemic failures across Australia’s quarantine systems,” Scattini said.
“While about of these issues convey been addressed, the fact remains that in that location are withal many hundreds of people struggling to recover from the fiscal loss they suffered inwards 2007.
“Those people deserve to live compensated for what happened to them – many lost livelihoods, farms in addition to businesses they had worked their entire lives to construct in addition to convey had to starting fourth dimension over again from scratch at a huge cost,” he said.
Horse flu is a highly contagious respiratory illness with equines. Before the outbreak, Commonwealth of Australia had been gratuitous of the disease, in addition to the Equus caballus population was non vaccinated against it.
The escape of the virus from the Eastern Creek Quarantine Station caused it to spread chop-chop across Equus caballus populations inwards Eastern Australia.
The outbreak occurred during the breeding season, inwards the lead-up to the Spring Racing Carnival.
As a resultant of the outbreak, people lost horses to the disease, the displace of horses was heavily restricted, crippling many businesses in addition to industries, in addition to the illness too impacted heavily on breeding programs.
The aeroplane activeness is beingness funded yesteryear litigation funder Argentum, with an application for co-funding yesteryear Claims Funding Australia.
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