Labor says it will phase out live sheep exports by 2028 – ten years after it first announced the policy. But farm advocates say the timeline is ‘radical’
‘Change is hard … whether it is the shutdown of live sheep export or Australian car manufacturing or any other economic activity. It is important to know how we got here.’‘Change is hard … whether it is the shutdown of live sheep export or Australian car manufacturing or any other economic activity. It is important to know how we got here.’Massive pet warehouses with owners and their dogs waiting outside to buy dog clothes, fancy food, treats, leads, collars, beds, blankets and booties.
It’s a substantial report, written after extensive consultation including 14 public meetings in WA – admittedly, as critics will point out, with the decision to end the trade already made. Yet for all that work, the mounting discourse has all the hallmarks of a culture war, amplified by seasonal conditions, worker shortages and political motives.There is a drought in Western Australian regions in the south-west, the same regions that have the highest number of sheep producers using live export.
There is historical enmity towards Labor particularly on its live export bans in the past, including the 2011 cattle ban under the Gillard government that was foundThe much-touted solution to keeping WA sheep producers afloat is to increase Australian abattoir facilities to take extra sheep, but there remains a nationwide shortage of workers in meat processing.
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