Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President. I regret that the coalition finds this cruelty amusing. I ask the minister: in relation to these acts of cruelty at the abattoir, is he also aware that this latest incident is the most recent in a shameful list of cruel incidents in abattoirs, such as in March this year with ex-racehorses at the Laverton knackery being beaten and dragged by tractors whilst still alive and the slaughter of fully conscious animals in New South Wales abattoirs? Does the minister believe that these standards of treatment are acceptable in Australia?