Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) | Hansard source

The reason the coalition provided no support whatsoever to an industry in decline is that they had members like the now deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley and Senator Henderson saying:

… the sensible path is for both sides of the debate to construct a carefully considered transition to ending the trade permanently …

'across all months of the year'.

And:

Tastes are changing in Middle Eastern nations. There is no fixed, firm demand for live sheep— (Time expired)