[1] In 1932 the Meatworks was acquired by Thomas Borthwick and Sons (Australasia), Ltd., whose business supplied British Army meat contracts since 1923 of 6000 tons of frozen beef yearly.
[1] The TPC (Trade Practices Commission) was involved in the 1980s because of a sale that would create a meat monopoly which included Kerry Packer as one of the associated parties.
Parliament developed “The Meat and Dairy Produce Encouragement Act” which allowed for establishment of meatworks at Bowen and other places in Queensland.
[1] From 1905, Borthwicks had begun purchasing meatworks in Australia and played an important part in industrial relations until the 1980s.
[1] The TPC (Trade Practices Commission) was involved in the 1980s because of a sale of Borthwicks would create a meat monopoly in the area, which included Kerry Packer as one of the associated parties.
[1] In 1998 a petition was presented to Parliament to revoke the export licenses for Merinda Meatworks, the Nippon Meat Co.