Senate debates
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Questions without Notice
Live Animal Exports: Sheep
2:05 pm
Slade Brockman (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source
Minister, latest figures show the flock size in Western Australia dropping by 27 per cent in one year, with industry experts predicting a 35 per cent decline in lamb numbers. Your government promised more processing in WA to replace live exports, but these numbers clearly show you are destroying the Western Australian sheep industry. Minister, for those outside the building who are fighting for their future and for the industry that they love, can you look them in the eye and tell them that the—
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