Janelle Saffin (Page, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

In the Age newspaper yesterday and in the Warrnambool Standard today, the member for Dawson is reported, in relation to live exports, to have criticised me, saying that I blamed Australian farmers but did not say anything on the question of religion. This is totally incorrect on both matters. I have spoken in parliament and elsewhere on many occasions on the live export of cattle and a reading of my speeches shows that I have never, ever criticised farmers. I have criticised the MLA and I have, on the other hand, said that religion does not permit cruelty to animals in terms of slaughter practices, notably halal.

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