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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Calla Wahlquist

Greens and animal welfare groups push for Labor to give timeline for live export ban

Sheep are seen while being transported
Greens spokesperson on animal welfare Senator Mehreen Faruqi said the reaffirmed commitment was welcome ‘after years of silence’ from Labor. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images

The Greens and animal welfare groups have called on Labor to commit to a timeline for phasing out live sheep exports, after the opposition said it still intended to ban the trade.

Labor told the Alliance for Animals that it will recommit to its policy of phasing out the live sheep export trade, which it announced in 2018 in response to whistleblower videos of a deadly voyage in which 2,400 sheep died.

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