Australia's world-leading animal welfare - what role did the live-ex ban play?

Shan Goodwin
Updated June 9 2020 - 9:16am, first published 9:00am
A stockman walks between pens of thousands of head of cattle left stranded in Northern Territory feedlots after the then-Federal Government placed a ban on the live export trade in 2011.
A stockman walks between pens of thousands of head of cattle left stranded in Northern Territory feedlots after the then-Federal Government placed a ban on the live export trade in 2011.

AUSTRALIA is the only country in the world that has made animal welfare a condition of livestock trade.

Shan Goodwin

Shan Goodwin

National Agriculture Writer - Beef

Shan Goodwin steers ACM’s national coverage of the beef industry. Shan has worked as a journalist for 30 years, the majority of that with agricultural publications. She spent many years as The Land’s North Coast reporter and has visited beef properties and stations throughout the country and overseas. She treats all breeds equally. Contact 0427686187. E: s.goodwin@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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