Sentences with phrase «live sheep export»

«The live sheep export trade is essential to the livelihoods of thousands of Australian sheep meat producers.

Federal Labor has effectively committed to end live sheep exports with its agriculture spokesman, Joel Fitzgibbon, telling an Adelaide radio station the party does not believe there is a future for the sector.

The cost to Western Australian farmers of a ban on live sheep exports could be more than 10 times previous estimates, as much as $ 150 million, according to a report released today.

PODCAST: In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer, Matt Mckenzie, and Tori Wilson discuss Synergy and renewable energy, the Atlas Iron takeover, live sheep exports, Bill Shorten's Perth visit, a new report on Kwinana, and the debate over training and apprenticeships.

In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer, Matt Mckenzie, and Tori Wilson discuss Synergy and renewable energy, the Atlas Iron takeover, live sheep exports, Bill Shorten's Perth visit, a new report on Kwinana, and the debate over training and apprenticeships.

The Labor Party's promise to ban live sheep exports is being slammed by the Federal Government.

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.

DISSENTING calls to ban live sheep exports within the Coalition government have been backed by the Greens but rejected by David Littleproud.

Even if those changes could be managed, she said, it's unlikely they would be in place for the start of the high - risk export season in July, meaning that live sheep exports to the Middle East during the northern summer may be blocked.

Live sheep exports would drop to $ 252 million, their lowest level in 20 years, due to disruptions to the unloading of sheep in Bahrain in last August.

Liberal MP Sussan Ley says she remains «unpersuaded» by arguments in favour of live sheep exports.

«It's important for Australia to continue our exports and the destination for (live sheep exports) is an important destination for Australia in the context of our overall trade and investment relations with the region.

Mr Jabbour said the current issue concerning live sheep exports was coinciding with Eid events in many parts of the Islamic world and the religious festival of sacrifice wasn't only confined to the Middle East region.

WESTERN Australian farmers have launched a counter-offensive warning about the sharp economic consequences of banning live sheep exports.

When exposed on national television, evidence provided by Animals Australia was responsible for a ban on live sheep exports to Egypt.

Live sheep exports are putting it at risk.

With the terrible non-financial costs and risks now visible, are we willing to pay the financial cost of banning live sheep exports?

The Australian Veterinary Association has recommended an end to live sheep exports to the Middle East between May and October, saying that there is no way to eliminate the risk of sheep dying from or suffering heat stress during those months.

The Guardian reported on May 2nd that Opposition Labor Party leader, Bill Shorten, is now vowing to end the live export trade before the government review since «Labor sees no future for live sheep exports.»

Not exact matches

The Festival of Sacrifice is responsible for untold suffering of cattle, sheep and goats — millions of whom have been sold for profit through Australia's live export trade; closer to home, in the name of Christmas, highly intelligent pigs and turkeys not only experience the terror of slaughter, but entire lifetimes of suffering in factory farms; and sporting events such as bull fights and rodeos still present cruelty as «entertainment»...

«With that in mind, critics of the live export trade should end irrational and misleading attacks on importing countries that welcome Australian cattle and sheep, and who rely on Australia as an important source of high quality, reliable and safe protein.

Australia's sheep and cattle farmers should prepare for a dramatic reduction in the live export trade, Western Australia's agriculture minister has said, as the state prepares to mount an animal cruelty case that could render the trade unprofitable.

Graphic footage exposing the inhumane slaughter of 21,000 Australian sheep in Pakistan aired on ABC's Four Corners programme last night, causing the live export industry to voluntarily...

Nonetheless, live sales of cattle and sheep are a small slice of Australian meat exports, in part because it is easier to slaughter animals in Australia rather than ship them alive to Asia and the Middle East.

Footage of sheep transport conditions have shocked many, but live export has a long history in Australia.

Temporary bans on live cattle and sheep export have undermined confidence in the industry, driving property prices down and diminishing banks» willingness to lend for long - term improvement.

Australia looks set to resume exporting live sheep to Iran, after Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce this week flagged the end of a 40 - year ban following Iran's Islamic revolution.

Pressure within government ranks for a ban on the live sheep trade to the Middle East has increased, with a second Liberal MP calling for the exports to end.

In early 2004 and again in 2006 Animals Australia investigators visited Kuwait and brought the brutal treatment of sheep and cattle in Kuwait at the Shuwaikh abattoir and the Al Rai livestock market to the attention of the Federal government and live export industry.

Animals Australia has also lodged complaints with the Department of Agriculture based on two subsequent investigations in Jordan (in October 2013 and January 2014)-- with evidence presented of ongoing breaches of ESCAS involving the cruel handling and slaughter of Australian sheep outside the supply chain in Jordan — and implicating the same live export company.

In June 2013, Animals Australia investigators documented evidence showing widespread breaches of Australian live export regulations by the exporter Livestock Shipping Services (LSS) in Jordan, with Australian sheep being illegally sold and slaughtered outside of approved supply chains in 26 different locations.

Meat and Livestock Weekly Stats — statisticalsummary which encompasses the domestic market, including saleyard prices, over-the-hook prices, feeder and live export quotes as well as co-products, slaughter and throughput information across the cattle and sheep markets.

Animals Australia has called for Emanuel Exports to have their export licence suspended after shocking footage captured cruelty to sheep on a live export trip.

«I'm calling for a phase out of all live exports of sheep to the Middle East, not cattle to Indonesia,» she said.

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.

Mr Littleproud says he was shocked by whistleblower footage showing sheep dying in their own filth during a 2017 live export trip where 2400 sheep died on board.

«As the evidence from five routine sheep shipments to the Middle East has revealed, Australia's live sheep trade is consistently breaching OIE guidelines, which Federal live export regulations, are expected to «meet or exceed».»

The SA Government is promising to keep watch as a live export ship loads its first shipment of sheep in the state since horrific images of suffering animals were made public, but protesters are calling for an end to the practice.

Every year, the global live export industry transports millions of live cattle, sheep, goats and other animals around the world — just so they can be slaughtered for their meat in destination countries.

This resulted in a lot of publicity and Celia realised that her modelling career gave her an ideal platform from which to campaign against the fur trade, factory farming, vivisection, and other animal abuses including, much later, the live export of sheep, calves and pigs across Europe from the UK.

So, in Hedley Lomas (Case C - 5 / 94, The Queen v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte: Hedley Lomas (Ireland) Ltd.) the United Kingdom could not prohibit the export of live sheep to Spain because it did not trust the Spanish authorities in applying EU rules on animal welfare.