WA farmers have accused the Federal Government of playing politics with their livelihoods and “spending money for nothing” by hiring consultants to review live sheep export studies as part of its trade phase-out policy. It comes after The West Australian last week revealed the consultancy firm in question denied it had taken a position on phasing out the trade — despite having compiled reports for animal activist groups. The Agriculture Department asked Pegasus Economics in May last year to fact-check and query existing industry-funded research on the trade. And in documents released under Freedom of Information laws, Pegasus…
