Keep the Sheep – If Canberra won’t listen, we’ll come to them

Keep the Sheep said today that it was a disgrace that the Albanese Government still wouldn’t listen to the volume of evidence about the damage a ban on the live sheep trade will do to regional communities and that the Senate blocking and inquiry was a ‘betrayal’, as they vowed to come to Canberra to fight the ban in person next week.

WA truckie, Ben Sutherland praised those Senators who stood up for a fair go by supporting an inquiry into the Bill, saying that the issue needed a fair hearing.

“It was great to see members of the cross bench stand up and be counted when farmers, truckies and rural communities needed them. This is an issue that will affect agriculture across the country. There is still time for other Senators to change their minds when it comes to the final vote,”

“That’s why we are heading to Canberra to tell our side of the story. It’s clear the Government is only interested in votes from inner city people it can do deals with. We will be standing up and making the case that our regional towns and communities matter too,” he said.

Mr Sutherland said the over 60,000 signatures that Keep the Sheep had collected was proof that the policy was unpopular and should be dumped.

“It’s time the government listened to communities that will be affected by the ban. This policy isn’t supported, it will hurt us and that’s what we will be saying to every Senator in Canberra next week.”

“We won’t stop fighting for our communities until the policy is dumped.”