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Tougher live export rules
3 Jun 2004
The Federal Government has moved to tighten up regulations for Australia's live animal export industry by introducing legislation into Parliament yesterday. The Bill follows a package of reforms worth $11 million announced in May, the Federal Agriculture Minister, Warren Truss, said. The catalyst was last year's Cormo Express debacle, in which a shipment of 57,000 sheep was rejected by Saudi Arabia.
If the legislation introduced yesterday is adopted, it will close a loophole under which an exporter could use an associate's export licence if his own had been suspended.
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