Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian government supports the welfare of animals exported by sea. We have already released a summary in the Kuwait independent observer report and additional voyage report, and agree to provide the full report to the Senate. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment released its decisions relating to exemptions for the export of livestock during the Northern Hemisphere summer in June. An appeal against the 13 June decision to grant an exemption was dismissed by the Federal Court on 16 June. These were decisions taken by an independent regulator, and it is important that independence is respected.

Question agreed to.