Australia sees red over Pink
Thursday, 21 Dec 2006 07:36
Pink will tour Australia in April
Pink has angered Australian ministers and farmers over her boycott of Australian wool.
She recently called for people to refuse to buy the wool over the controversial issue of mulesing, where sections of skin are carved away to prevent flystrike.
At her concert in Paris, the Stupid Girls singer announced: "I am calling on consumers to check labels on sweaters before buying them and if they're merino wool or made in Australia, to leave them on the racks."
But government ministers and the farming industry have sent a message to Pink, telling her to stick to her music and leave farming to the experts.
Australia's treasurer Peter Costello commented: "Pink is entitled to her views but at the end of the day would Australia's farmers take advice from Pink?
"Australia's farmers are doing it tough. They are good people. I just don't think Pink understands sheep to the extent that farmers do," he added.
Pink is due to start a tour of Australia in April.