The gruesome prospect of mass slaughters of pigs on farms because of over-supply prompted the government to buy 12,000 carcasses during lockdown - and donate them to food banks.
Hundreds more papers related to the government's Covid-19 pandemic response were release today.
One paper revealed Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor asked Cabinet to approve a $5.8 million purchase of 2,000 pigs a week.
Ruth Hill reports.
