The MV Bahijah in Fremantle in 2018 (Bahnfrend – CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)
AN Israel exporter denied approval for a sheep and cattle shipment to depart Western Australia wants to persist with re-export plans, a WA farmer leader has claimed.
The Federal Government’s live export regulator last night denied Israeli exporter Bassem Dabbah approval to re-export about 14,000 sheep and 1200 cattle aboard the MV Bahijah, two weeks after ordering the vessel back to Fremantle due to tensions in the Red Sea.
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry secretary Adam Fennessy said the application…
