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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, exports of live sheep rose 21.4% and live calves increased 9.7% between March 2017 and March 2018. During 2017 alone, Australia exported 2.85 million living animals in shipping containers and airplanes. [16] Live exports of sheep peaked at 7,101,300 in 1988. [8]
The Australian government has pledged to end the live export of sheep but has yet to give a timetable about when that will happen. More than 16,000 animals are on board the vessel. - Nine Network ...
The Council is composed of elected delegates from each branch, who meet every two years to determine policy for the union and elect the Federal Secretary and President. In between the biannual meetings of the Council the union is governed by a Federal Executive made up of the secretaries of each branch as well as the Federal Secretary and ...
An anti Live Export trade protest in Brisbane, June 2019. Australia's live export industry has experienced significant scrutiny by animal welfare groups since 2003. The RSPCA is opposed to live export. [13] Over 550,000 animals are reported to have died en route during live export journeys between 2000–2012. [14]
Indonesia is the largest market for Australian live cattle exports. In 2022, more than 303,000 live cattle were imported from Australia to Indonesia and more than 153,000 from January to July 2023.
Trade impediments imposed by China before the May 2022 election hit Australian exports worth A$20.6 billion ($13.6 billion), according to the Australian government. ($1 = 1.5126 Australian dollars)
The practice of exporting live animals has received strong public opposition (a petition carrying 200,000 signatures of people opposed to live export was tabled in parliament [74]) and opposition from the RSPCA because of cruelty. [75] In 2022, the Labor Party committed to ending live exports of sheep, if elected.
China has lifted bans on imports from five major Australian beef processing facilities, the Australian government said on Thursday, in the latest sign of improving relations between the two nations.