Paul,

The greens are so feeble minded that they simply want to ban everything other than organic farming and renewables.

Banning live cattle exports was one of Juliar's singular idiot moves that ranked along with her carbon tax lie and screwed labor in rural areas for a decade.

SR,
I know you are not too bright but do not be a complete fool. You believe that sheep exporters do so because 'it is easier'? Come on, it is far easier after purchasse to send them direct to an abattoir. They export livestock because that is the requirement of the customer. A busnessman who thinks he can dictate what he will sell to his customers will go broke as the customers will go elsewhere. Fact is some require mutton on the hook and others require mutton on the hoof and there is little market for mutton in Aus.

The fact that we can dispose of our aged wool producing sheep is a vital part of keeping the wool industry viable. Your ignorance is profound.

Dear Banjo,

You wrote;

“The fact that we can dispose of our aged wool producing sheep is a vital part of keeping the wool industry viable. Your ignorance is profound.”

Good lord do you really think this is about getting rid of aged sheep? That little myth got blown out of the water way back in 1985.

“The original specification for export sheep was for old Merino wethers, that is four years or older”

“ithe average age of wethers shipped since 1981 has been less than three years with a growing proportion of sheep being less than eighteen months”

http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Significant_Reports/animalwelfarectte/exportlivesheep/~/media/wopapub/senate/committee/history/animalwelfare_ctte/export_live_sheep/04ch4.ashx

You my friend are pig ignorant about this issue and really need to go and do some research before posting anything else.

If you want the money bad enough...you perform whatever is asked of you....nothing's changed....just the wrapping....and the yapping on different days

A good thing about New Zealand: they cut out live exports years ago, and their lamb is much sought after in carcass form. I would like to see our customers refusing to take any of our meat until we stopped the cruelty of the whole dirty business of live exports: it is shameful and barbaric.

Shadow, you and others can misrepresent the Greens aims and objectives as much as you like, with such unsupported nonsense as "they (The Greens) simply want to ban everything other than organic farming and renewables", rubbish, where is your evidence? You along with the likes of the National Party have no concerned for the welfare of animals at all. You simply see them as a money making commodity to be cruelly exploited in the most horrendous and vile ways possible in pursuit of the almighty dollar.

On the Nationals, how could they have concern for sheep when their leader didn't have any concern for his wife when he was out bonking the office chick, at taxpayers expense.

ttbn and Is Mise, good to see. although we are politically divided, we are singing from the same song sheet on this one. How much you might deny it, you both are not entirely black, you have a little bit of green coming through, well done.