With the live sheep ban passing the house of representatives and heading for the senate, members of the crossbench have started the campaign against live cattle exports…Read More
Legislation to ban live sheep exports by seas on 1 May 2028 has passed the House of Representatives today, with the sheep industry now focused on getting a Senate inquiry into the trade phaseout and shoring up any crossbench support for the Senate vote tonight…Read More
Terry Sim, 26/06/2024
A leading exporter of southern cattle to China says the trade has fallen away considerably this year and may not recover until 2025 at the earliest…Read More
James Nason, 19/06/2024
Australia exported 79,302 cattle in May, marking the highest monthly total for the year to date…Read More
James Nason, 18/06/2024
Efforts to re-open investigation of the sourcing of video footage of suffering sheep on the live export vessel the Awassi Express in 2017 continued in the House Standing Committee on Agriculture inquiry into the Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024 at Northam in Western Australia last week…Read More
Terry Sim, 17/06/2024
A parliamentary inquiry into the phase out of live sheep exports has heard from several cattle industry groups keen to defend their Western Australian counterparts…Read More
Eric Barker, 14/06/2024
126th Edition: June 2024 – Key points: India and Indonesia elections should be positive for regional stability and growth | Indonesia moves cattle in preparation for Qurban (Festival of Sacrifice) | RMCP ends its Aus-Indo 10 year $60mil support program..Read More
Dr Michael Patching, 12/06/2024
Farmers have the best story in town, it is just we are not engaging with the masses, NSW cattle producer George King writes in this contributed opinion piece. ..Read More
George King, 11/06/2024
Pro-live sheep export campaign Keep The Sheep’s online petition supporting the reversal of the Albanese Government’s phaseout plan has generated more than 44,000 signatures in a week, denting claims the industry has lost its social license…Read More
Terry Sim, 07/06/2024
A senate inquiry will be held into the Federal Government’s planned phaseout of live sheep exports by sea by 2028, Minister for Agriculture Murray Watt conceded today…Read More
Terry Sim, 30/05/2024
Victorian cattle producer and export trade consultant Byron O’Keefe has worked in the livestock export industry since 2003, and was named Australia’s Young Livestock Exporter of the Year in 2016. Here he provides unique, personal insights into why many believe the sheep export industry is worth supporting – not only by Australia but for people, livestock and food security in the countries it serves…Read More
Byron O'Keefe, 30/05/2024
Federal agriculture minister Murray Watt says the cattle industry should not be worried about losing its live export trade, almost two weeks after the Government announced a plan to phase out live sheep exports…Read More
Eric Barker, 23/05/2024