Farmers Walk out of Agriculture Minister’s Speech Over Live Export Ban

Published on May 15, 2024

Farmers have been filmed walking out of Australian Agriculture Minister Murray Watts’ post-budget speech in Canberra following his recent announcement on banning live sheep exports. Senator Matt Canavan shared a video to social media platform X, showing a number of farmers walking out of the room on May 15. “The biggest allocation of new spending on agriculture in the budget was to shut down a whole agricultural industry,” Mr. Canavan wrote. A plan under the Albanese government would mean the live export of sheep would stop by 2028. A total spend of $107 million (US$71.1 million) has been allocated in Tuesday night’s budget to help farmers transition away from the practice of live export....

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