Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I have been saying consistently, in terms of animal welfare there are outcomes for the live animal export industry. I wrote to industry in January and since that time, and right up to the Four Corners program—if we can use that as a bookend to that period—I have spoken to a range of industry representatives, including LiveCorp and MLA. There was also the opportunity in April to raise animal welfare outcomes with the Cattle Council of Australia in Katherine in the Northern Territory.

In addition to that, through my office, at meetings I have had with the RSPCA and Animals Australia I have raised the issues of how to improve live animal welfare outcomes in live animal export markets during that entire period. In addition to that, I have worked consistently with a range of stakeholders to improve animal welfare outcomes over that entire period. (Time expired)