Cattle industry groups have raised concern about the precedent set by the Senate last night giving a ban on live sheep exports the green light…Read More
Beef Central, 02/07/2024
Publicly-listed livestock vessel charterer Wellard Limited has announced the sale of one of its last two remaining vessels…Read More
Beef Central, 02/07/2024
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