AUSTRALIAN farmer, live export and sheep sector leaders walked out on Minister for Agriculture Murray Watt at the CropLife agricultural industry budget breakfast in Canberra this morning in protest at the Albanese Government’s proposed phaseout of the live sheep trade by 2028…Read More
THE Animal Justice Party has confirmed it did a preference deal with the Albanese Government to secure its policy to phase out live sheep exports by sea, just months after Agriculture Minister Murray Watt claimed at Senate Estimates he had no knowledge of such deals…Read More
Terry Sim, May 13, 2024
USE of the Australian Farmers’ Fighting Fund, a political campaign and legal challenges were being considered to defeat the Albanese Government’s proposed live sheep export phaseout by 2028, Sheep Central..Read More
Terry Sim, May 13, 2024
THE Federal Government’s announcement today to end the live export of sheep by sea from Australia on 1 May 2028 has been widely condemned by farmer bodies and welcomed by animal welfare groups…Read More
Sheep Central, May 11, 2024
AUSTRALIA’S Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt seems unwilling to offer Western Australia’s struggling sheep industry or live export opponents any certainty in the lead up to the Federal Budget, despite pressure from most stakeholders…Read More
Terry Sim, May 3, 2024
AN $8.6 million Western Australian government assistance package for the state’s struggling sheep industry would not go far and was a “drop in the ocean” to what would be needed,..Read More
Terry Sim, April 29, 2024
TENS of thousands more sheep could be exported from Western Australia this year if the Federal Government agrees to a proposed 10-day relaxation on the departure date for Middle East live export shipments during the Northern Summer…Read More
Sheep Central, April 24, 2024
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
Terry Sim, April 5, 2024
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
