Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the National Party for his question. I met with the leadership of the National Farmers Federation once again earlier this morning to discuss this issue, just as I have had constructive discussions with sheep farmers here in Canberra and with their families in Kalgoorlie. One of the things that I pointed out was that, when the Leader of the National Party came into government in the first year, in 2014-15, 2.1 million sheep were exported by sea at a value of $224 million. In the last year in which they held office, there were 475,000 sheep exported by sea at a value of $80 million. Over the decade that the Liberals and Nationals were in government, live sheep exports by sea decreased by over 1.5 million head. That is just a fact of what occurred. At the same time, exports of sheepmeat have escalated to some $4 billion of value.

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