“Meanwhile, here in WA, we are already seeing the impacts of the proposed ‘phase out’, with farmers transitioning out of sheep enterprise, livestock sale prices have more than halved, slaughter space is at capacity with three to four-month waiting periods for bookings, and with the recent Federal government decision to disallow Qatar Airlines application for an extra seven flights per week out of Perth, the opportunity to export an extra 365,000 carcasses per year has been lost,” the letter says.
