‘Pantomime’: Opposition Leader Vows to Fight Back Labor’s Sheep Live Export Shutdown

An Australian farmer herds sheep at his property near the rural city of Tamworth, in NSW, Australia, on May 4, 2020. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

The Australian Opposition Leader has vowed to stand up for the live sheep export sector as he warned the A$92 million (US$60 million) industry is at risk of being phased out for political expediency.

Speaking at a press conference in Western Australia (WA) on March 10, Peter Dutton promised to “fight against Labor’s attempts to close it down,” and if the centre-left Labor government does close it down, the Coalition would “reinstate it.”