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Below: a joint press conference outside the NSW Parliament in November 2012, featuring Greens Senator Lee Rhiannnon and Grant Courtney from the Meat Workers Union.
Below: part ONE of a 2008 video from handlewithcare.tv. Handle With Care is a British coalition against the transport of live animals. This video should, of course, be treated as comment, but it contains some useful facts. Below: part TWO of a 2008 video from handlewithcare.tv. Handle With Care is a British coalition against the transport of live animals. This video should, of course, be treated as comment, but it contains some useful facts. Below: a September, 2012, Singapore TV excerpt showing the reaction to the Australian government's allowing of a livestock shipment to Singapore in time for a Muslim religious holiday. Below: a company video showing the viewer over the MV Becrux, a state-of-the-art livestock transport vessel. The ship has completed over 80 voyages carrying more than 3 million sheep and 500,000 cattle. |
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On May 30, 2011, the ABC current Affairs program Four Corners aired 'A Bloody Business', a documentary revealing the inhumane conditions in which some Australian cattle sent to Indonesia were slaughtered.
The full program together with a range of responses to it can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20110530/cattle/
The federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has a section of its Internet site given over to explaining the procedures Australia adopts to ensure the welfare of exported livestock.
The material can be accessed at http://www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-health/welfare/export-trade
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) supplies a range of data on Australia's live animal exports. This can be accessed at http://www.mla.com.au/prices-and-markets/trends-and-analysis/sheepmeat-and-lamb/live-exports and http://www.mla.com.au/prices-and-markets/trends-and-analysis/sheepmeat-and-lamb/live-exportshttp://www.mla.com.au/About-the-red-meat-industry/Livestock-exports
On September 29, 2012, the ABC ran a news report titled, 'Greens want live animal exports banned'. The report details the treatment of the 21,000 sheep slaughtered in Karachi and puts this in the context of the Greens demands for a permanent end to the live export trade.
The full text of this report can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-28/greens-want-live-animal-exports-stopped/4286532
On October 8, 2012, The Conversation published an opinion piece by Clive Phillips
Of the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics at University of Queensland titled 'A ten-year plan to phase out live animal exports'. The piece argues that from an economic as well as an animal welfare viewpoint Australia should phase out live exports.
The full text can be accessed at http://theconversation.edu.au/a-ten-year-plan-to-phase-out-live-animal-exports-9870
On November 5, 2012, just prior to the broadcasting of the Four Corners' program, 'Another Bloody Business', the Australian Livestock Exporters' Council, the National Farmers' Federation, the Sheepmeat Council and the Cattle Council sent a joint letter to all federal members of Parliament. The letter defends livestock exports from Australia.
The full text of this letter can be found on the National Farmers' Federation site at http://www.nff.org.au/read/3370/livestock-industry-committed-animal-welfare.html
On November 5, 2012, the ABC current Affairs program Four Corners aired 'Another Bloody Business', a documentary revealing the inhumane conditions in which some Australian sheep which arrived at Karachi, Pakistan were slaughtered.
The full program together with a transcript can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2012/11/02/3623727.htm
On November 6, 2012, The Sydney Morning Herald published a news report titled 'Exporters assure MPs on animal welfare' which gives an overview of the letter to MPs written by the Australian Livestock Exporters' Council, the National Farmers' Federation, the Sheepmeat Council and the Cattle Council. It also contains a number of the responses of those opposed to the position put in the letter.
The article can be accessed at http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/exporters-assure-mps-on-animal-welfare-20121105-28u5r.html
On November 6, 2012, The Conversation ran an opinion piece by
Siobhan O'Sullivan a Research Fellow with the School of Social and Political Sciences at University of Melbourne.
The piece argues against live animal exports. It can be accessed at http://theconversation.edu.au/the-live-export-of-animals-will-always-be-a-bloody-business-10547
On November 11, 2012, The Canberra Times ran an opinion piece by Paul Malone of the lobby group, Corangamite Against Live Animal Exports. The piece argues against live animal exports. The full text can be accessed at http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/live-export-trade-leads-to-dead-end-20121110-294yv.html
