Michael Thompson runs cattle in Western Australia, but he has launched a campaign to fight the federal government's phase-out of the country's live sheep export industry.
to advise on how and when to end the live sheep export trade, he had begun gauging interest from farmers and communities across Australia to join together and fight the plan.
He said he hoped to use funds raised to increase awareness of how the live export industry had improved, and highlight the care farmers had for their livestock. Agriculture Minister Murray Watt says the government is considering the "potential for expansion of onshore processing" of sheep. "At the end of the day, you've got to get re-elected and that's something that does have some sort of focus of governments when it gets big enough."To finance the cattle industry's class action against the 2011 live export ban, the Australian Farmers' Fighting Fund was engaged.
An expert panel has been appointed to advise the federal government on when and how to end live sheep exports by sea.Cattle producers have been vocal about the need to challenge the government's sheep export policy in order to prevent future changes to the live cattle trade or other primary industries.
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