Farmers’ fund to cover some of Angus Taylor company’s costs to challenge finding land cleared illegally

Energy minister Angus Taylor, whose brother Richard Taylor says the costs of Jam Land’s legal challenge are expected to be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

A fund established to help farmers fight nationally significant court cases will pay for some of the legal costs of a company part-owned by Angus Taylor to challenge a finding that it destroyed critically endangered grasslands.

The Australian Farmers’ Fighting Fund, which is administered by the National Farmers’ Federation, is providing financial support for the federal court case, which was launched by Jam Land in December.