Labor playing with farmers’ lives by banning live sheep trade

Colin Bettles
Updated May 3 2018 - 4:45pm, first published 4:01pm
Labor Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon.
Labor Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon.

LABOR has been broadly slammed for a “reckless” decision to backflip on policy and support banning live sheep exports; a move critics say punishes farmers and others that have done nothing wrong.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

Canberra Bureau Chief

Has been the Canberra Bureau Chief for Fairfax Agricultural Media since 2010 - survived the hung parliament - former media manager at Western Australian Cricket Association now covering national agricultural and rural issues in federal politics.

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