PHOTO: Western Plains sheep farmers Andrew McGrath and Paul Fisher are not happy with the plan to ban live sheep exports. PHOTO: River McCrossen
Sitting at a table with five other sheep farmers at the Coonamble Show on 15 May, Warren’s Andrew McGrath dismisses the Federal Government’s plan to end live sheep exports by May 2028.
“I think it’s ridiculous,” Andrew said. “I think it’s just to keep people in the city happy and get a few votes.
“If Australia doesn’t do it, then someone else will. There’s obviously a market for it. There’d be other countries that’d take up the slack, which don’t have the animal welfare standards that we do.”
Minister for Agriculture, Murray Watt said the government made the decision to protect Australian sheep and that live sheep exports have been in decline over the last 20 years…