Meat and Livestock Australia Limited

Meat and Livestock Australia Limited (MLA) is the declared meat industry body under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Rules 2024. MLA delivers marketing and research programmes for Australia's cattle, sheep and goat producers. MLA has over 47,500 livestock producer members who have stakeholder entitlements in the company. MLA is primarily funded by transaction levies paid on livestock sales by producers disbursed under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024, and Australian Government funds for eligible R&D. The MLA board is accountable to its members through its constitution established under the Corporations Act 2001 and to the Minister for Agriculture through the Statutory Funding Agreement for the expenditure of monies appropriated by Parliament under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024..