About ‘Slaughtergate’

“This is a story about the greed of some players in Australia's meat industry that seriously affected their reputation. The author pulls no punches and names the culprits. A great read - 5 Stars!” - Warren Tuohey

“‘Slaughtergate’ by John Burgess is a very interesting book explaining the development of a successful business surrounding the export of beef and sheep meat from Australia and New Zealand to the world markets. An intrepid character took on many hurdles to succeed in this cutthroat industry which was exposed to the issues of meat substitution. He very openly discussed the hurdles he faced and by sticking to good and honest principles. He travelled widely and I wondered if by giving the names of some of these characters he may have been exposing himself to writs which would have been very expensive to defend. But honesty won in the end.

I am not in the meat industry, but enjoyed his approach to difficult, potentially terminal problems that he faced. I think the principles he espoused were of benefit to me in approaching difficult problems. This small book should be on the bookshelf of many businesses.” - Ross Smith