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Animal welfare groups say an Australian live sheep exporter should not be granted an exemption to allow them to ship sheep to the Middle East during the summer ban, after crew members on their live export ship tested positive to Covid-19.
Australia’s new live export laws ban live sheep exports from 1 June to 14 September, to prevent the mass deaths of sheep from heat stress during summer in the Gulf.
The majority of Australians remain opposed to this trade despite reassurances that the welfare of animals will be prioritised. If an exemption to newly minted laws to halt trade in the northern summer is granted, public confidence in the regulator will be shattered.... [it] would see this legislation fail at its first test and open the Department to a flood of exemption requests.
As has happened on multiple previous occasions where this volatile trade has been disrupted, sheep can be held safely and comfortably in the feedlot where they are now, until they can be transported and slaughtered humanely in WA abattoirs.
The only financial impact will be on the multi-million-dollar companies that own these sheep, Kuwait Livestock Transport and Trading (KLTT) and its subsidiary Rural Exports and Trading WA (RETWA).
Almost 80 school students in Victoria, Australia, are under self-isolation orders after a positive case at one Melbourne high school, Keilor Downs Secondary College, led to students from three schools being isolated.
Meanwhile, workers in Victoria who have been able to work from home for the past few months have been told they will have to continue doing so as all other restrictions on people leaving their home are lifted. The premier, Daniel Andrews, said the risk of the virus spreading on peak hour public transport is too great.
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