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Stop the Ban. Keep the Sheep.
Help us reach 120,000 signatures by signing today!
The Albanese government has ignored the significant improvements that have made Australia a world leader in animal welfare.
Our campaign is bigger than just politics, it’s about people’s lives and livelihoods.
The sheep industry has been the backbone of rural towns for over a hundred years and will soon disappear.
We don’t have a second to waste.
Sign the petition now to stop the ban and #keepthesheep!
read more →WA farmers have developed sheep and wool industries suitable for our harsh climate. Sheep exports allow stock to be moved at critical times to help manage land, feed and water resources. Removing live export will hurt Australia’s sheep farmers.
Rural communities rely on a strong sheep industry. It’s not just farming families, it's our stock agents, our shearers, our truckies, our schools, our sporting clubs and critical services like doctors relying on sheep for their livelihoods.
Australia ‘rode on the sheep’s back’ as the saying goes. Shearers are an important part of the sheep industry and were the foundation of the Australian Labor Party. Shearing teams and their families are integral to rural communities.
Without trucks Australia stops! Truckies are essential to regional areas and often transport equipment for regional shows without charge. Exports create multiple movements of sheep year round and support truckies in the livestock transport industry.
Keep rural communities alive.
At the last election we fought hard.
We made the plight of sheep farmers and rural communities in WA into a national issue.
Although we did not change the outcome of the election, we proved something important: when people in the bush unite and stand together, we CAN make a difference.
To have a bigger impact, we need to change hearts and minds in the places that matter most, no matter where they are in the country.
That is why we are building Keep the Sheep into the national... read more →
Keep the Sheep is a grassroots movement born to take action against the Albanese Government’s ban on live sheep exports.
The ban will devastate WA farming families and their communities. More than that, it will have consequences that will hurt truckies, stock agents, shearers and sporting clubs in WA towns like Kojonup, Wagin and Kulin.
The nations that buy our sheep overseas are concerned about the ban. They trade with Australia for our high quality and superior sheep.
The ban won’t create demand for chilled or boxed meat, it will simply push the trade to countries with far lower animal welfare standards.
We need to keep the sheep because a ban is unfair to WA farmers and their families, who rely on the sheep industry to survive.
Will you help #keepthesheep?
Keep the Sheep is an initiative of Farming Families and Communities WA and is powered by hard-working Australians just like you.