Protestors send blunt message to Albanese Labor government

Farm Weekly

The Keep the Sheep convoy makes its way into Perth's CBD protesting against the Albanese Labor government's plan to phase-out the live sheep trade by May 1, 2028.

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00:00People here at the gathering today have had enough of being under attack, not only for

00:05the live sheep trade but everything else that goes on in agriculture at the moment because

00:08the Labor government is no good.

00:10What does today mean to you, Sean?

00:12Just to bring awareness to the plight of rural communities in WA and the attack the government

00:18is under.

00:21And what's the message you want to put out?

00:24To save rural WA, keep the sheep.

00:27Hi, my name's Beth, I'm farming from Williams, we're at the Keep the Sheep rally in Perth

00:32today to support all the farmers, local communities, shearers, truckies.

00:38We need to keep the live sheep export going, otherwise we're going to be out of sheep.

00:43Oh it means everything, it's just a destruction of the merino industry in my book.

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