Sheep live-ex ban vote avoided in Federal parliament

Mike Foley
Updated June 1 2018 - 7:06am, first published May 31 2018 - 4:30pm
Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon.
Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon.

Updated: The government has withdrawn a bill to put tougher penalties for animal welfare into the Australian Meat and Livestock Industry and the Export Control Acts to avoid a vote on Labor’s amendments to ban live sheep exports.

Mike Foley

Mike Foley

National rural reporter

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