AT least 1000 jobs could be lost as a result of the Gillard government's live cattle export ban to Indonesia, with Western Australia alone predicting it would cost its economy $170 million.

The Gillard government has responded by offering $30m in welfare payments to those put out of work. However, the farmers will not get enough to survive, and the jobs in NT with a large aboriginal component will be lost.

As for animal welfare, the 1000s of cattle that are likely to starve to death would be better off in Indonesian abattoirs.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/live-cattle-trade-ban-could-cost-1000-jobs/story-fn59niix-1226083056030

The job culture changes over time for many reasons including changes in policy. Although governments are forever geared to policies around jobs, that does not mean the landscape will not change. Moral responsibilities around animal welfare are worth pursuing. The travesty is that live exports were ever supported.

Being more positive, there are also more opportunities for onshore abbatoirs to fill the void including providing more jobs.

How did the Howard Government deal with the jobs aspect with the ban on live exports to Egypt? It has been done before, nothing new here, just more anti-Labor spin.

From Council) Journal of the Officie Official Journal of the Australasian

Meat Industry Employees’ Union (Federal Council) al Journal of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees’ Union (Federal

“The live export trade costing Australia around $1.7 billion in lost GDP,around $280 million in household income and around 12,000 jobs”

(Impact of the Live Animal Export Sector on the
Australian Meat Processing Industry, Dr S. G.

If You want to talk about Job Losses I am sure the AMIEU among others would welcome it.
Heilbron, 2000, p.6)

It’s estimated on this basis that up to
40,000 jobs have been lost in the meat
processing sector, taking into account
shed closures, since 1985.
The same report established a theme that
is still present today: the live export trade
enjoys significant advantages over the
domestic meat processing sector through
international subsidies and tariffs and
a failure on the local front to “level the laying field”.

These figures are now higher with the Townsville dealing with
among other things in the past grave concerns of a high suicide problem and the loss of 78 million from just that one plant alone.

It doesn't stop there as Abattoirs across regional Australia have been the life blood of the town.

We have lost specialists in this field. Its also distorted the real estate market and people with mortgages have had too try to sell because of no jobs. Same thing with Killarney and the loss of hundreds of jobs.

For Years AMIEU and Meat workers Abattoir owners have suffered because of live exports.

Jobs- Jobs jobs. Recent figures still on the table now estimate its closer to 60 thousand jobs lost and thats without value adding.

*Jobs- Jobs jobs. Recent figures still on the table now estimate its closer to 60 thousand jobs lost and thats without value adding.*

Come on Gerturde, pull the other one. Ring Fletchers, Wammco or
Hillside, you will find that 457 workers keep them going. Aussies
don't want the jobs in meatworks, they'd rather be out on a station
or earning miners wages.

Fact is that if those cattle are sold locally, their value is so
low that the stations will go bankrupt on the proceeds. Then
you'll land up with wild cattle destroying the environment, as you
now do with camels.

If the meat industry is so easy, go and harvest those million wild
camels and make it pay. Nobody else has made it work.

So now they have little choice but to shoot and drop the camels.
They will have to do the same with cattle, if the boats don't start
moving soon.

It read off AMIEU web site. Open your eyes mate.

I reckon its higher again because those figures a near three ears old. I am a butcher and a meat exporter. Mate I cant fill 70% or orders because of supply shortage due to live exports.I got no time for any of them. Lost a family a brother and a lot of good mates. Most of them lost their houses , marriages me included. Couldn't sell so had to let the bank have our houses. Most of us same. Nobody offered us 30 mill either. Nothing.
Shes right around 40 thousand in 2009 much more now sport. Dont come crying to me you blokes never give a rats @ about all the meat workers in Australia and still dont. My sons a chef cant buy brains small good here has to but from overseas bloody joke for sure.

What began as an animal welfare issue, has now developed into another Labor government stuff up.

Along with insulation, BER, illegal boat arrivals, petrol watch, grocery watch, cash for clunkers, solar panels, green grants and more.

Now add live cattle exports to the list.

Whats the odds on the NBN being done right and the carbon tax being OK

They could not run a chook raffle in a pub.

Ludwig gets all the blame, but he was presured by Caucus, what a bunch of incompedent twits