AU gov. to return $650k to potato growers after dropping Tony Galati case
Potato growers were furious when Premier Mark McGowan decided to drop a civil suit against Mr Galati in May without any consultation with the farmers who had helped fund the action.
Mr McGowan said the case, which was launched in 2015 by the now-defunct Potato Marketing Corporation when Mr Galati grew potatoes outside his quota, was no longer relevant since industry deregulation last year.
In response to the abandoned legal action, farmers sent the State Government a bill for $500,000 to try and recover their money.
The State Government has now confirmed that $484,316 recovered from the legal trust would be distributed back to growers, as well as an additional $200,000 in costs paid by Galati Nominees to the Government.
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