• Greens decry ‘utter decimation’ of independent observer program for live exports

    Greens decry ‘utter decimation’ of independent observer program for live exports
    Most voyages carrying livestock out of Australia sailed without an observer, with half of those ships claiming they had insufficient space for an extra personGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAlmost half the live export ships that sailed from Australia without an independent observer claimed there was “insufficient space” to allow them onboard last year, new data shows.The independent monitoring scheme established in 2018 after 2,400 sheep died

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