NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has debunked industry claims of major impacts on the NSW industry due to the phase out of live sheep exports.

The Alliance for Animals, together with 19 leading animal protection organisations across Europe, Australia and New Zealand, have sent a joint open letter to the New Zealand Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon. In this letter, we urge his Government to maintain the ban on exports of farmed animals by sea.   

The Alliance for Animals provided evidence to the Inquiry into the impacts of the phase out of live sheep exports on NSW. Our submission focuses on the extensive animal welfare concerns, the overwhelming community opposition to the trade, and the negligible impacts the phase out will have on the NSW sheep industry.

The NSW Parliament has established an inquiry into the phase-out of Australian live sheep exports by sea. The Inquiry presents an important opportunity to ensure your NSW parliamentary representatives are reminded of the cruelty associated with the trade and to convey the community’s overwhelming support for the phase out.

The Australian Senate has today passed historic legislation enshrining the phase out of live sheep exports into law. The Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Act 2024 prohibits exporting live sheep by sea from Australia by 1 May 2028 and unlocks a $107 million industry adjustment package.

The path to ending the suffering of sheep is one step further along as Members of the Australian House of Representatives have passed legislation to enshrine the phase out of the live sheep export trade.

The Alliance has made a submission to the Inquiry in support of the Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024. Our submission focuses on the fundamental animal welfare issues caused by the trade, the overwhelming public support for the phase out, and the Independent Panel report, which reinforces the viability of transitioning to processed meat exports.

Please make an urgent submission: Here is a simple guide to help you make a submission to the Inquiry into to End Live Sheep Exports by Sea Bill.

The Albanese Government has today introduced legislation into Federal Parliament, enshrining the phase out of the live sheep export trade.

The Albanese Government has today released its plan to phase out live sheep exports, ending months of speculation and providing much-needed certainty for industry and stakeholders.

The Alliance for Animals, together with other leading animal protection organisations in Australia, have written an open letter to Prime Minister Albanese asking that his Government fulfil its election promise to phase out live sheep exports from Australia.

Leading animal welfare organisations are calling on the Albanese Government to honour its election commitment to phase out live sheep exports in an open letter requesting a definitive end date to be announced in next month’s Federal Budget. 

The Australian Alliance for Animals is calling for an end to live sheep exports and for the Department of Agriculture to commit to full transparency around the conditions faced by thousands of sheep and cattle onboard the ill-fated MV Bahijah, which is due to arrive in Israel today following its latest 34-day voyage.

Peak animal welfare group, the Australian Alliance for Animals has expressed dismay over the decision to re-export more than 15,000 sheep on board the MV Bahijah to the Middle East.

Peak animal welfare group, the Australian Alliance for Animals, has welcomed the introduction of a new bill to formally legislate the phase out live sheep exports in Australia.

We, the animal protection sectors in Australia and New Zealand, implore the live export companies trading in Australia to immediately apply a voluntary suspension of all live animal exports to or through the Red Sea while the risk of attack remains, and suspend any extended journeys to the Middle East via the Cape of Good Hope.

The Australian Alliance for Animals has today welcomed the decision of the Department of Agriculture to reject an application to re-export approximately 15,000 sheep and cattle stranded on board the MV Bahijah since 5 January.

The Alliance for Animals is calling for common sense to prevail as the Department of Agriculture considers an application to re-export thousands of Australian sheep and cattle.

The Alliance for Animals is today calling for an immediate inquiry following revelations that the WA Government intends to drop animal cruelty charges against the state’s largest live sheep exporter just days before a long-awaited trial was due to commence.

The Alliance for Animals is calling on the Government to expedite the phase out of live sheep exports following further revelations of export rule breaches in the Middle East.