KerryAnne
The Inquiry is to go ahead as these news reports indicate.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/exdiplomat-farmer-to-steer-animal-export-trade-review/2193268.aspx

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/ex-ambassador-to-review-cattle-exports/story-e6frfku0-1226074125233

Ex-diplomat, Bill Farmer is going to head the review into live exports. It is early days and maybe the Inquiry will ensure more rigid standards are applied (at worst - given they are impossible to monitor regularly) and at best, ban live exports altogehter with greater emphasis on onshore processing.

Yabby
The housewife comments are low and unworthy of someone who claims to think deeply about issues. I wonder if you know how many housewives are out there supporting their menfolk, working both in the home, caring for children and working on the farm to make their family enterprises work. Marriage is a partnership.

Diminishing housewives in this patronising way won't win you any favours in the bush. I presume you also hold househusbands in equal contempt.

Gertrude, we've all heard about your you beut halal marketing
scheme, for years and years. Luckily farmers did not hold their
breath, when drought hit the boats were ready to take a few million
and a million were trucked over East.

In the end, what we got out of the OLO wars was a catfight between
animal liberation group women, each supporting their little patch.
Farmers also know what happens without the live trade. Processors,
without competition, can name their price. The result is disaster
for the farmer.

Belly, there as a single poster who made some sense, but as they
are a newish poster, I don't know if they are male or female. I
survived years and years of this debate last time, if required
I'll do it all again.

Pelican most women on farms are actually quite practically minded
and understand agricultural issues, unlike Miss Suburbia. As
the woman from Nita Downs Station apparently pointed out to
Mr Richie on Facebook, she was going to send him the 14'000$
bill for hay that they had to buy for cattle due to go on a boat
and the fuel bill to pump water for the cattle was about to arrive.
As they now had no income, he might as well pay that one as well.

Belly,
"The cattle going to Indonesia were for Halal meat supply."
Dont understand why you think Halal is not involved in this.
I am not interested in personality's now or in the past.I dont like racism of any type. I was a meat supplier all my life. Like most good farmers I am horrified to see the way Australian Animals get treated". All my family are still farmers so we want a proper solution too!
I did start that thread up for. You have a real gift there reaching out on that topic ( unlike this one) best of luck. I took the good advise of the other posters and removed my Tasi number. I am beginning to get what they meant.
http://www.opiniononlineforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=497
Pelican,

Thanks for that I will get it up pronto ! and pas it on to the Muslim Leaders about their Halal Meat! I am 100% certain they will want to lodge something to this inquiry because the Muslims that but Halal meat have the lousy job of having to try to deal with the heads of Halal Authority s and cop! the flack from the mess MLA and the industry have made of things.
If anybody here is willing to help the Muslims lodge a sub regarding supply of Halal Meat To Indonesia and elsewhere I am sure it would be deeply appreciated.
Thats if its ok with Belly.
Kerryanne
PS Hello Yabby.



Keryanne

By the way Pelican, you really should get out of Canberra a bit
more often, to see what is happening in the real world.

In WA, processors like Fletchers, Wammco and others, tried for
years to increase their local kill, by employing more workers.
Aussies did not want the jobs. So they tried to obtain all the
457 workers they could, only to be bogged down by Canberra
beaurocrats, who seemingly live in another world.

So next time we have a drought Pelican, without live sheep ships,
we'll just have to deliver a few million to your house :)

#Gertrude, we've all heard about your you beut halal marketing
scheme, for years and years. Luckily farmers did not hold their
breath, when drought hit the boats were ready to take a few million
and a million were trucked over East.#

Yabby,

Sorry I didnt see your comment. I assume you think I am somebody called Gertrude. No sorry to disappoint but if it helps I think you are referring to my cousin who mentioned you several times. ( yes there are two of us):)
I am just doing my little bit if thats ok with you.
I can also tell you ALL about whats is happening, happened with the project here-

http://www.opiniononlineforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=499&p=634#p634

"By the way Pelican, you really should get out of Canberra a bit
more often, to see what is happening in the real world."

Aaah Yabby...you never fail to live to expectations. You know very little about the people on OLO only the odd tidbit gleaned from comments that do not tell you about the whole person or their experiences. I don't intend to post my resume online to prove anything to you as it is about playing the ball not the person.

But your tactics are becoming boring ie. if your argument is flagging revert to type by patronising and baiting. The world has moved on a bit Yabby you should try and move with it.

When I first read the heading about 'RSPCA should stick to knitting' I wasn't even going to bother posting because the title set the tone for what I imagined would come.

If it wasn't for knitters farmers would lose a whole market for their wool. :)