WA Farmers Warn of Multi-Million Dollar Losses from Live Sheep Export Ban

Published on June 5, 2024

The Albanese government’s decision to shut down the live sheep export will cost rural communities in Western Australia millions of dollars over the next decade, a farmer advocacy group has warned. The comment came after the federal government introduced laws to the lower house on May 30, that it would commit to phasing out live exports by May 2028. The multi-billion dollar industry suffered a public relations blow in 2018, when Perth-based ship operator Emanuel Exports was charged with animal cruelty offences after it was reported that about 2,400 sheep died on board the Awassi Express. While the charges were subsequently dropped by Perth prosecutors, the live sheep export trade never fully recovered from the public seeing footage of distressed and dead sheep on the ship....

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