Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Services) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Georgiou—and I couldn't agree more that the greatest risk to the live sheep trade out of your home state is the election of a federal Labor government. We've been incredibly committed to ensuring that this is a sustainable industry. We will ensure that the two million sheep that leave our shores to the Middle East, even through the summer trade, are transported in a safe and humane manner—not only to underpin the economy of those Western Australian farmers and their communities but, indeed, to provide much-needed protein to the Middle East nations. We stand with the WA pastoralists and graziers to ensure the sustainability of this industry well into the future, by making sure the regulatory system we've set up can give the broader Australian public the confidence that those farmers, producers and, indeed, exporters are delivering that product to those global markets at the highest quality.