Senate debates

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Questions without Notice

Live Animal Exports

2:37 pm

Photo of Mehreen FaruqiMehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Senator McKenzie. Minister, the Moss review was highly critical of the Department of Agriculture as the regulator of live exports, and there is immense public concern about the cruelty of live animal exports. Despite this, your department has recently refused a freedom-of-information request from RSPCA Australia for footage taken aboard the 2018 voyage of MW Al Shuwaikh on which 609 sheep died, including many from smothering. Does the minister consider it appropriate for this footage to be hidden from the public?

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