A letter signed by 25 Australian farming organisations has warned Agriculture Minister Murray Watt that the Federal Government’s policy to ban live sheep exports is “a red line that cannot be crossed”, and would be a dangerous precedent that would encourage activist pressure to mount against other legitimate agricultural industries.
sheep being mustered into holding pens aboard “MV Merino Express” livestock export ship, Port of Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia
Signatories to the letter include the National Farmers Federation, the Australian Livestock Exporters Council, Sheep…
