Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Watt. The National Farmers Federation has warned that the government shutdown of live sheep exports legitimises extreme animal activism at the expense of farmers and their families, demonstrating that no agricultural industry is truly safe from ideology driven policies if it means scoring political points. Given the live sheep trade has increased by more than 40 per cent since 2021-22, who in the WA farming community did you consult with about the timing of your announcement, and will you now concede that your government's decision to ban the trade is simply the ideological agenda of animal activists?