Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Can I make a few points about the size and trajectory of this industry? In 2014-15, 2.1 million sheep were exported by sea at a value of $224 million. In 2021-22, 475,000 sheep were exported by sea at a value of $80 million. Over the decade that the Liberals and Nationals were in government, live exports decreased by $144 million and over 1.5 million head. So let's remember that when those opposite were in government we saw a reduction in this trade by value and a very substantial reduction by head. I do respect that this is a difficult transition for those families and producers who have been in this trade for a long time, but this is a trade that has been, under you, in decline. (Time expired)