An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on Indonesia’s main island of Java has spread to the popular tourist island of Bali, which is visited by more than 1 million Australians a year, ramping up the risk of a first-ever outbreak Down Under.

Mike Walmsley, Shire President of Waroona and beef farmer, is calling for a ban on travel between Australia and Indonesia to prevent the disease reaching our shores .

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