End Live Exports

END ANIMAL CRUELTY

Each day, animals are made to suffer in the name of gambling, entertainment and food. It's time to put a stop to it.

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The cruelty of the live export trade has been known for decades and its social licence has well and truly expired.

The Greens have been steadfast in our position on live export - the entire industry should be shut down as soon as possible, with a just transition for workers.

Labor went to the last two federal elections with a policy to end live sheep export, a measure that polling repeatedly shows is supported by a clear majority of people.

We need a clear shutdown timeline in this term of government. This is what the community is demanding and this is what animals need.

Ultimately, live export cannot be made safe for animals. It's a business model built on cruelty and is simply incompatible with animal welfare.

The Greens' Bill to Legislate the End Date for Live Sheep Export

Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, introduced a bill in the Senate to finally legislate the date to end live sheep export.

  • This bill comes as Labor continues to drag its feet on legislating a date, despite the Minister having the phase-out panel’s report for four months and the recent MV Bahijah disaster which - yet again - exposed the sheer cruelty of live animal export.
  • The purpose of the bill is to legislate the end date for the phase-out of live sheep export by sea from Australian territory, to be 1 May 2026, the start of the northern hemisphere summer, which is exceptionally brutal for live sheep exports. 
  • Independent polling, commissioned by Senator Faruqi’s office in June 2023, revealed that 85% of Australians support a phase-out of live sheep export. 

If the government is serious about animal welfare and ending live sheep exports, it must legislate an end date to the trade in misery.