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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tory Shepherd

Australian government offers five year $107m package to ban live sheep exports in 2028

Sheep on board a live export ship in Western Australia earlier this year.
Sheep on board a live export ship in Western Australia earlier this year. The government says funding will be provided to help the industry transition before the ban takes place in 2028. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

Australia’s live sheep export trade will end on 1 May 2028, the federal government has announced, after years of campaigning by animal welfare advocates.

Labor’s long-held policy to end the sea exports has been opposed by many in the agricultural sector, although the trade has been declining while bans on sending sheep on ships during the Middle Eastern summer were put in place.

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