Australian government offers fiver year $107m package to ban live sheep exports in 2028

Agriculture minister says the ‘live sheep export industry has shown time and again that they are unable to meet the community’s expectations’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s live sheep export trade will end on 1 May 2028, the federal government has announced, after years of campaigning by animal welfare advocates.Labor’s long-held policy to end the sea exports has been opposed by many in the agricultural sector, al