(06-04-2022, 02:39 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Didn't take long, Albo has broken his first election promise , there will be no change to the live export trade policy.

Quote:For months, shadow agriculture spokesperson Julie Collins has refused to say whether the party planned to end the live sheep trade in a policy Labor took to the last federal election.

In a statement to the ABC today, a Labor party spokesperson confirmed it would ban the trade, which they said had been waning for more than 20 years.

"An elected Albanese Labor government will phase out live sheep exports in consultation with the industry and the West Australian government on what needs to happen given this decline," the statement said.

"This includes consideration of the impacts for the entire value chain of the industry."

Before the 2019 election Labor committed to phasing out the trade over five years but has remained tight-lipped about its plans since.

Labor's spokesperson did not set a timeline for ending the trade, but said the party supported "value-adding more here in Australia to create more job opportunities".

The spokesperson said Labor would not make changes to the live cattle export trade.
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Exporters, rights groups unhappy
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Earlier this week the Australian Alliance for Animals said Labor had already told it of its post-election plans.

The animal rights group was also disappointed.

"They haven't put a timeline on it, so it doesn't effectively meet the policy we were putting to them of phasing out the trade within three years," spokesman Jed Goodfellow said.

(06-04-2022, 07:22 AM)Mav link Wrote:It seems strawman enthusiasts are never so happy as when they make up promises they claim have been broken. Even before the election, the claim was made on this site that Albo had promised to increase minimum wages by 5% even though no such promise was made. As has been stressed by reasonable observers, only the FWC has the power to do that. Now we have a false assertion that Albo promised to stop live exports within this parliamentary term. That’s just not true. Shorten promised to end live exports within 5 years (note, there was no promise to end it before the following election if he won) while Albo wouldn’t commit to any timeframe. But why let facts get in the way? Let’s just assert that Albo promised to do it more quickly than Shorten …

For the record, this is a report published by the ABC on 5 May, a fortnight before the election:
Labor confirms plan to end live sheep exports if Albanese becomes PM

In other words, the animal rights activists were under no delusion that the ALP had promised to ban the trade in its first term. In fact they were well aware no such promise was being given.

Quote: "An elected Albanese Labor government will phase out live sheep exports in consultation with the industry and the West Australian government on what needs to happen given this decline," the statement said.

(06-04-2022, 08:21 AM)Mav link Wrote:Did you think this bit in the statement & the refusal to commit to timelines suggested Labor was hellbent on a ban?
Phasing out doesn’t scream a shuddering halt to me and the consultation with the WA Govt and the industry makes it plain Labor was watering down what Shorten promised. Even the animal rights activists saw the writing on the wall.

Not that I’m elated by this position. I’d prefer a ban this term. But Labor was burnt by promises Shorten made and like it or not the lesson of electoral disasters is that you have to give up policies that hurt you. An example is the promise Shorten made to ditch negative gearing. That was a good policy but the electorate made it clear that was not on. There were too many exploiting that lurk or who were aspirationals who imagined they would exploit it on the way to becoming billionaires.

(06-04-2022, 08:33 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:No that's political speak for im going to take action after consultation if the industry agrees but if they disagree im going to do SFA about it.

(06-04-2022, 08:21 AM)Mav link Wrote:Did you think this bit in the statement & the refusal to commit to timelines suggested Labor was hellbent on a ban?
Phasing out doesn’t scream a shuddering halt to me and the consultation with the WA Govt and the industry makes it plain Labor was watering down what Shorten promised. Even the animal rights activists saw the writing on the wall.

Not that I’m elated by this position. I’d prefer a ban this term. But Labor was burnt by promises Shorten made and like it or not the lesson of electoral disasters is that you have to give up policies that hurt you. An example is the promise Shorten made to ditch negative gearing. That was a good policy but the electorate made it clear that was not on. There were too many exploiting that lurk or who were aspirationals who imagined they would exploit it on the way to becoming billionaires.