{"id":24670,"date":"2015-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/open-letter-tony-abbott\/"},"modified":"2015-02-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T00:00:00","slug":"open-letter-tony-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/open-letter-tony-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"An open letter to Tony Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Leon Byner challenges the PM in the wake of the hepatitis A berry recall.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI write to you, Prime Minister, because you have said many times in the last week that you want to listen and be consultative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealth officials have asked Australians not to trust food imported from China. But alas, Mr. PM, this is a request that people can not easily follow because our labeling laws do not enforce or require country of origin to be clearly on food labels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurely free trade doesn\u2019t gazump public health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to Leon\u2019s full letter to the PM and his discussion with guests, including Senator Bill Heffernan:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/191505498&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/berry-recall-is-a-big-problem\">BERRY RECALL A BIG PROBLEM &#8211; BYNER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/live-bait-allegations\">LIVE BAIT ALLEGATIONS HIT GREYHOUND RACING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Byner challenges the PM in the wake of the hepatitis A berry recall.&nbsp; \u201cI write to you, Prime Minister, because you have said many times in the last week that you want to listen and be consultative.\u201d \u201cHealth officials have asked Australians not to trust food imported from China. 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