Another sickening expose of cruelty to sheep on 60 Minutes. When the hoo hah about 'poor farmers' starts again, remember this: live exports make up a mere 5% of the sheep meat market. We are merely pandering to the requirements of a rotten, cruel religion.

OMG! I totally agree... BAN LIVE EXPORTS!

It seems no-one can do it without massive deaths and torturous conditions for the animals, and, we should simply accept it is not acceptable to treat animals so inhumanely.

As to linking it to the muslim religion only...Have you ever been on a farm?

Slitting the throats of animals occurs all throughout Australia, WITHOUT the pre-stunning of the beast like happens in abattoirs, on most farms.

You can single out the Muslims but the same things happens in Australia on good old animal loving anglo-saxon Christian heritage farms..also.

Sad but true... I have seen it!

Have you ever been on a farm? I mean a big one, usually called a station? I drove by one and noticed literally hundreds of dead sheep on the sides of the road. I asked the owner what happened. He said you drove sheep and a certain number die. Now he was quite sanguine as it was his money rotting on the roadside but he would know!
Our problem is the inner city idiots and Walt Disney. People think sheep are people not herbivores with a herd instinct and a short life-span.
Also the shipping company loses money if their cargo dies! The current minister is a total loser pandering to the Disney fans. Just keep out of it!.
Understand, you do not know, sheep are not people and taking the livelihood of fellow Australian so you can "virtue signal" is despicable.

Dear JBowyer,

I was on a property a few days ago and discussed the issue with a third generation sheep farmer. He was utterly disgusted with what had occurred. I will be sure to tell him you think he is a Disney princess.

Sheep, like most animals, like to lie down at the end of the day.
I didn't see any room for them to lie down on the ship, probably they have to stand the whole way as with some lying down, the rest can trample them.
I know that on the railway sheep were packed in to stop the possibility of trampling and it was part of the job of the train drover to go along, at stops, to prod any that were down, back onto their feet.

Personally, I'd stop live exports of animals that could be slaughtered here.

I'm surprised at the dismissive attitude some have about the well being of animals - even if they are off to slaughter. Animals are sentient beings and we are responsible for how we treat them.