JBower said;
Baz I am sure you regard yourself as smarter than me , in fact smarter than everyone.
What's this the government calling their bluff? Who suffers? The farmers do you dolt!

Very nice, thank you.
I think you were so eager to have a go at me, that you did not notice
I had suggested the govt cover the costs.

I apologise Baz, I do not want to have a go at anyone but who provides the Government with the money? It is us and I think they already waste enough of our money.

*not anti poirot, she is OK but gee I grow weary.*

Actually Belly, I have a soft spot for Poirot, as she is one of
the smarter women that I have met. If there were more like her,
life would be a breeze :)

The problem with the live trade is that there are a whole lot of
vegan fanatics out there, feeding complete tripe onto the likes
of Facebook and other websites. People get sucked in and donate
money and the industry has not done a particularly good job at
getting the facts out there. There is a lot of information around
in terms of research papers etc, but your common housewife is not
aware of them.

Slowly things are changing, more farmers are becoming internet savvy
and starting to defend themselves. They are also starting to realise
that working ever harder, farming more acres, will not do it for
them. They will simply get screwed and their livings destroyed by
halfbrains like the Greens and others.

Yabby So that fixes the Export Debacle does it. Blame it on the greenies or animal libers, Does that fix the debacle. There are cameras every where nothing can be hidden. Remember when a shipment of cows went wrong, someone went to see these cows and there was only a handful left most died.

Yes 579, they were breeding animals and breeding animals are shipped
around the world, from all sorts of countries to all sorts of countries. Mexico, China, Russia, Brazil and many other countries
buy breeding livestock from America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and others.

Fact is that you can come to me and buy breeding livestock and I can
charge you a fortune for them, but there is no guarantee that you will
look after them, even within Australia.

That is quite a separate argument from the live trade for meat, which
is where all the greenies and vegans hang out.

http://www.standard.net.au/story/691565/cheeseman-backs-phased-end-to-live-exports/?cs=72

I saw it, I posted it, I have no opinion just sharing it.