Australian Dairy Farmers statement regarding the passing of legislation through the Federal Parliament to end live sheep exports:
Australia’s peak representative body for dairy farmers stands united with the livestock sector in opposing the Federal Government’s ban of live sheep exports by sea.
While the decision directly concerns live sheep exports, Australian Dairy Farmers (ADF) says the ban exposes a number of other sectors and international trade partners to significant trade risk.
This risk extends to the dairy industry and has the potential to adversely impact Australia’s dairy farmers.
ADF is concerned the views of a small segment of the Australian community has been empowered through Government policy and imposed on international cultures and trading partners. Australia is well placed to feed the world. We can’t do this with ill-informed Government policies based on emotion over fact.