AUSTRALIA’S peak livestock exporter body has backed an RSPCA call for improved trade regulator transparency as the vessel MV Bahijah gets set to offload its sheep and cattle cargo in Israel…Read More
AUSTRALIA’S peak livestock exporter body has condemned the arguments of Labor politicians speaking against a private members motion supporting live sheep exports in Federal Parliament this week…Read More
Sheep Central, March 28, 2024
WESTERN Australian farmers are readying themselves for a political battle over the proposed phaseout of live sheep exports by sea in some of the state’s key federal seats…Read More
Terry Sim, March 20, 2024
AUSTRALIAN agriculture is in a fight for respect, the leader of Australia’s peak livestock exporter body told the National Farmers Federation’s National Forum on Mental Health in Agriculture today…Read More
Sheep Central, March 13, 2024
BELEAGUERED live export vessel MV Bahijah has departed Fremantle in a second attempt to reach Israel with its cargo of sheep and cattle, despite protests from animal welfare bodies…Read More
Sheep Central, March 4, 2024
EXPORTERS and Western Australian farmers have rejected a Greens move to legislate the end date of live sheep exports by sea as 1 May 2026…Read More
Sheep Central, March 1, 2024
DESPITE challenging conditions for the Australian livestock export trade in the second half of last year, publicly listed livestock shipping business Wellard Limited registered a small net profit for the..Read More
Terry Sim, February 26, 2024
UNCERTAINTY around the Federal Government’s proposed live sheep export by sea phaseout timetable is impacting investment just as new sheep and cattle markets are emerging…Read More
Terry Sim, February 21, 2024
WESTERN Australian sheep industry leaders will meet with Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt today, but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won’t make the meeting…Read More
Terry Sim, February 19, 2024
AN end date for Australia’s live animal exports by sea remains unknown after Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt yesterday provided no update on a government response to a independent phaseout panel’s report…Read More
Terry Sim, February 14, 2024
BELEAGURED Israeli-owned live export vessel the MV Bahijah focused senators on a number of trade issues at a Senate Estimates hearing yesterday…Read More
Terry Sim, February 14, 2024
THE role of animal rights group actions in a decision by Australia’s live export regulator to refuse the re-export of an Israel-bound sheep and cattle shipment has been highlighted in a recent government update…Read More
Sheep Central, February 12, 2024
