This Month
Retiring judge lashes long-running live export case
Cattle farmers have been suing the federal government over a live export ban since 2014 and Justice Steven Rares has described one of the claims in the case “absurd”.
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- Murray Watt
Bureaucrats accused of plotting to end live sheep trade
Documents released under FOI show bureaucrats have stopped negotiating new deals for sheep exports, despite interest from foreign customers.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
September
‘What else do they have to do wrong?’: Canberra Airport chief blasts Qantas
The airport CEO has launched an extraordinary attack on Qantas, accusing the national carrier of deliberately breaching contracts and mistreating its staff and customers.
- Tom Rabe
- Exclusive
- Kuwait
Live sheep ban is ‘futile’, emirate warns Australia
Kuwait’s government has effectively branded a planned ban on Australian sheep exports as unworkable because it will continue to source live animals from elsewhere.
- Andrew Tillett
August
NT chief at odds with Albanese over live animal export ban
Natasha Fyles says live animal exports provide economic opportunities as well as a source of food for Australia’s neighbours.
- Andrew Tillett
July
Cattle farmers in ‘cloud-cuckoo-land’ with live-export claim: judge
The claim is part of a near-decade-old class action resulting from a 2011 ban on exports to Indonesia, which Justice Rares previously found was unlawful.
- Ronald Mizen
‘How deep are your pockets?’: WA’s warning to feds on live export ban
Western Australian Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis says she’s frustrated by the Albanese government’s plans to shut down the live sheep export trade.
- Tom Rabe
May
Sheep farmers warn Albanese of class action over live export ban
Farmer and Wagin Shire president Phillip Blight says a class action is ‘imminent’.
- Brad Thompson and Tom Rabe
- Exclusive
- Indonesia
Indonesia rebuffs Australia, turns to Brazil for live cattle imports
The Indonesian cattle industry wants to end Australia’s monopoly on live shipments, hitting the industry worth $1.2 billion in 2021.
- Emma Connors and Natalia Santi
March
Sheep farmers vow to fight export shutdown
The Albanese government is pushing ahead to end live sheep exports despite evidence the industry has improved animal welfare on board vessels.
- Andrew Tillett
February
- Exclusive
- Murray Watt
Australian bureaucrats met wrong officials over sheep ban
The Kuwaiti government and the country’s biggest sheep importer are raising concerns with the Albanese government over its plans to phase out live sheep exports.
- Andrew Tillett
January
An epic food journey that starts in the outback
Exporting live cattle from the Northern Territory to Indonesia has created a unique culture, both a throwback and a modern marvel of globalisation.
- Damien Cave
September 2022
Live sheep exports get green light
The Agriculture Department has given the green light for live sheep exports to the Middle East during summer.
- Dominic Giannini
August 2022
Disease fears hit cattle trade with Indonesia
High-priced Australian cattle are not worth the risk for Indonesia importers as sheep exports to the Middle East continue to slide.
- Brad Thompson
July 2022
‘Playing with a loaded gun’: Dutton backs border closure
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Nationals leader David Littleproud have signalled support for a border closure to Indonesia over foot and mouth disease.
- Updated
- Georgie Moore
‘Get on with it’: farmers demand mRNA vaccine for foot and mouth
Farmers are calling for the development of new vaccines due to the threat posed by foot and mouth disease as Agriculture Minister Murray Watt flags bolstered biosecurity checks.
- Georgie Moore
Coalition divided on border ban over ‘COVID for livestock industry’
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt says sanitation mats and additional sniffer dogs and biosecurity officers are being rolled out to airports.
- Georgie Moore
January 2022
Aussie exports grounded as Cathay puts brakes on cargo into Hong Kong
Australian exporters of fresh produce hope Cathay Pacific’s cargo halt will be short-lived, with freight prices tipped to soar.
- Ayesha de Kretser
July 2021
- Exclusive
- David Littleproud
Farmers, MPs urge end to summer sheep export ban
The industry cites improved ventilation, reduced stocking densities and active management by vets on the ships resulting in reduced mortality rates.
- Andrew Tillett
May 2021
- No.102
- Rich List
‘Romance of biblical proportions’ powers Rich List couple
Trevor Lee and Keri Craig-Lee are among Australia’s largest landholders and biggest beef suppliers. Their marriage, they say, is a big part of their success.
- Jemima Whyte
