Australian beef linked to deforestation could end up part of post-Brexit trade deal

Investigation finds areas of cleared land in Queensland likely to be habitats for threatened species

UK consumers could be eating Australian beef linked to deforestation on the back of a new post-Brexit free trade deal signed in the summer, an investigation has found.

Satellite analysis has identified an area of deforestation over the past three years that is more than twice the size of Manhattan across farms in Queensland, the largest beef-producing state in Australia.