Not exact matches
They also discuss Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack's gaffe
about Treasurer Scott Morrison bringing a budget of goodies, and the ongoing pressure regarding live
sheep exports.
According to the Department of Foreign Affairs website, Australia can
export up to
about 7500 tons of high - quality beef, and 42,000 tons of grain fed beef and 20,000 tons of
sheep meat to the EU at low tariffs under this deal.
The event was timed to coincide with the arrival of an
export vessel operated by Livestock Shipping Services which anti-live
exports campaigners are targeting to expose their fears
about the
sheep trade continuing during the Middle Eastern summer.
WESTERN Australian farmers have launched a counter-offensive warning
about the sharp economic consequences of banning live
sheep exports.
In June 2013 Animals Australia was documenting evidence of live
export breaches in Jordan when information was supplied
about the illegal onward trucking of Australian
sheep from Jordan to Lebanon — a country that is not approved to import Australian animals.
In June 2013 Animals Australia investigators travelled to Jordan after receiving information
about the deliberate, widespread and systemic on - selling of Australian
sheep occurring in breach of Australia's live
export rules.