A disgruntled goat breeder banned from the Sydney Royal Easter Show is looking to whistleblower protections to expose what she calls misconduct in the management of the esteemed event.
In a decision on 3 August, the Federal Court found Boer goat exhibitor Tracey Wood may be an “eligible whistleblower” for the purposes of Section 1317AAA of the Corporations Act, as “an individual who supplies services or goods” to the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS).
Ms Wood claimed she was banned from exhibiting her animals at the 2023 show after she alleged discrimination or unfair targeting of her by the Goat Show Competition Judge and the Chief Show Steward when she exhibited at the 2022 show.
The purported protected disclosures included that from 17 April 2022, the two men were “acting improperly, unethically, discriminatorily and unprofessionally in the exercise of their powers”.
Ms Wood had been an RAS member for about 17 years, exhibiting her Boer goats between 2007 and 2022, through her then business Pacifica Boer Goat Stud.
She pleaded that as a result of the detrimental conduct and threats, she suffered loss and damage, and is seeking exemplary damages from each of the RAS and the judge.
Justice Jane Needham last Monday found the RAS had not met the onus of persuading the court that Ms Wood had no reasonable prospects of succeeding on the question of whether she was an eligible whistleblower.
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