THE Coalition Government’s federal election win has been met with relief, but not complacency, by supporters of Australia’s live sheep export trade…Read More
Terry Sim, May 20, 2019
LONG-HAUL live export of sheep and cattle represents too high a risk to the animals’ welfare and should not be conducted, a leading world animal welfare expert has claimed…Read More
AUSTRALIA’s live sheep trade has continued its battle to regain community trust this week with an organised tour of the vessel the Al Messilah in Fremantle this week…Read More
Terry Sim, May 10, 2019
WESTERN Australian farmers have again rejected the Australian Labor Party’s plan to ban the northern summer live sheep export trade if elected in the May 18 Federal Election…Read More
Sheep Central, May 1, 2019
AUSTRALIA’S peak live animal exporter body will continue the sector’s reform agenda even if a proposed phase-out of sheep exports gains political momentum after next month’s Federal Election…Read More
Terry Sim, April 12, 2019
AUSTRALIA’S Federal Government will grant the live export industry $2.2 million into dehumidification research to reduce heat stress on livestock vessels…Read More
Sheep Central, March 22, 2019
BI-PARTISAN support for a $25 million upgrade to South Australia’s 100 year-old dog wild fence has been achieved just days before the Federal Election…Read More
Sheep Central, May 15, 2019
A GERMAN filmmaker has launched a petition calling for mandatory use of pain relief for mulesing and other operations, and government intervention to phase out the flystrike prevention practice in Australia…Read More
Terry Sim, May 13, 2019
AUSTRALIA’S sheep meat industry has $317 million of benefit from the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation over the last 19 years, a new assessment has found…Read More
Sheep Central, May 13, 2019
VICTORIAN sheep producers and traders have been reminded of their electronic tagging responsibilities as the lambing season gets underway in the state…Read More
Sheep Central, May 13, 2019
MEAT & Livestock Australia has called for applications to fill three non-executive director positions on its board…Read More
Sheep Central, May 13, 2019
AUSTRALIAN sheep producers are being invited to participate in expanded on-farm commercial trials of the lamb marking pain relief system Numnuts in 2019…Read More
Sheep Central, May 10, 2019