Live exports
Baa-ckflip for Ley on live export trade as Libs flock to farmers’ rally
Keep the Sheep, the industry and lobbyist-backed grassroots farmers’ group, drew some big names to their cranky rally outside parliament.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Grassroots live exports group gets a little friendly ‘seed funding’
Keep the Sheep are promising to make themselves known at a rally in Canberra this week.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
WA farmers plan to flood freeways in stand against live export ban
Mitchell and Kwinana freeway and Stirling Highway commuters should prepare for added congestion Friday morning as #keepthesheep campaigners head to Elizabeth Quay.
- by Claire Ottaviano
China drops its beef with Australia over meat exports
But even as the agriculture sector praised the federal government for the lifting of restrictions, Labor faces a fight over a proposed ban on live sheep exports.
- by Mike Foley
‘It’s not good enough’: WA, federal governments at odds over live sheep exports ban plan
The state and federal governments are at loggerheads over the planned phase out of live sheep exports by 2028, with WA Premier Roger Cook branding the move “not good enough” and demanding more industry support.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Animal cruelty
Caught at an Indonesian abattoir, this activist says he was beaten, burnt and smeared with blood
Infiltrating the facility to check on humane treatment of cattle, the activist said he was hit by “a mob with a mob mentality”.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Indonesia told of mass cattle deaths only days after ship had left
Indonesia says it would have liked to have known earlier that 151 animals had died on a transport vessel from Darwin.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
More than 150 cattle died on a ship from Darwin. It could result in a diplomatic debacle
Was the true death figure kept secret from the Indonesians? Neither the Australian government nor shipping company will say.
- by Zach Hope
Indonesia suspends live cattle imports from Darwin export yard
An Australian source told this masthead that more than 150 cattle from a Northern Territory property were dumped at sea.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Ship docks to unload livestock after weeks-long voyage
About 16,000 animals have been packed aboard since January 5, the ship having been ordered to abandon its voyage due to Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea.
- by Aaron Bunch
Stranded livestock ship set to return to Fremantle Port
A ship carrying thousands of sheep and cattle is expected to return to port and could offload its cargo after Australian authorities rejected an application to export the livestock to Israel.
- by Aaron Bunch