The ban on live sheep exports was only ever intended to be temporary. The Australian government enacted the ban earlier this year to prevent sheep from being shipped to the Middle East from the ...

Latest government figures show 318,820 sheep were exported by sea in 2025, down from 418,724 head in 2024 and almost half the 632,409 sheep shipped offshore during 2023. Kuwait, historically a ...

YORK COUNTY — Dottie the Sheep kicked, thrashed and bleated through the process as her wool was sheared Saturday, stopping only briefly to nibble at a patch of grass. The sheep shearers bent and ...

The second half of 2025 saw just one voyage carry sheep from Australia, transporting just over 50,000 sheep to the Middle East. The second half of the calendar year usually sees significantly less ...

The Australian Parliament has now legislated an end date for live sheep export, with the Senate officially passing the Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024 on Monday ...

The bill passed the lower house last week before it was voted on by the Senate on Monday night. The legislation was proposed as a Labor election commitment by Anthony Albanese in 2022 and will see the ...