Australia can boast that it leads the world in animal welfare practices. A ban on live exports will more animals being shipped from nations with lower standards.
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It’s early days for Littleproud’s leadership, but the policy issues the party faces – energy and live sheep exports, for example – are perennial.
Independent observers will be on board the ships exporting live sheep to keep an eye on animal welfare.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Nicholas Klomp about the week in politics.
A strong stand by the Israeli government on Australian sheep exports is significant given the trade’s current problems.
The government action means there is no trade at the moment after the other current exporter, Livestock Shipping Services, paused its trade over the northern summer.
Labor on Thursday will move an amendment to phase out live sheep exports, mirroring the private member’s bill put up by Liberal MP Sussan Ley.
In choosing not to ban the live export trade even in the hottest northern months, the federal government is allowing animals to be put in conditions where they cannot possibly escape suffering.
It was the week that saw a parliamentary committee recommend a referendum to end the dual citizenship debacle- but the idea was immediately shut down by the government.
In the face of shocking footage of animals dying on ships, it seems impossible that our live export trade will remain as it is. Here are three areas to address.
The government is resisting pressure to phase out the trade, ahead of a review expected to recommend more stringent regulations.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Cattle & Sheep Production Medicine, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Bioethics in the Center for Human Values, Princeton University
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McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow; Writer and researcher, National Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management & Logistics, Curtin University
