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.
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Footage of sheep transport conditions have shocked many, but live export has a long history in Australia.
Australia is not mustering the exports of beef it should under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, a new report finds.
The election campaign’s day 17 notably belonged to Barnaby Joyce, and not just for the package of concessional loans he announced for struggling dairy farmers. For light relief, the day delivered another…
There needs to be less Indonesian government involvement in the live cattle trade, as with other commodities like grains.
Restriction on import quotas is part of Indonesian government’s policy to reach beef self-sufficiency.
Indonesia's shock decision to cut imports of Australian beef signals two things: Indonesia's desire to focus on domestic cattle farming, and Australia's lack of alternative options for exporting its own herd.
The fall in prospective Australian live cattle exports to Indonesia has come as a surprise to the government and immediately prompted the question of whether tensions in the relationship are at play.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Deputy Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Animal Welfare, Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Cattle & Sheep Production Medicine, University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, University of Newcastle
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McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow; Writer and researcher, National Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne
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Visiting fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Agricultural Economics, Institut Pertanian Bogor
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Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University
