First published by The New Lawyer online
An Opinion by Ruth Hatten

As Australia weighs up the issues around a complete ban of live export of animals, legal counsel Ruth Hatten looks at the legal angle. 

Lawyers Weekly online
by Briana Everett

The Gillard Government's temporary ban on the export of live cattle has strengthened calls for a permanent prohibition, writes Briana Everett, while also exposing cattle producers to potential claims for damages.

The Federal Government's decision this month to impose a temporary ban on the live export of cattle has received harsh criticism from members of the livestock industry as well as animal rights groups. 

According to animal protection institute Voiceless, the Government's temporary ban is "a stop-gap measure without any long term solution" and does not go far enough to compensate for the inadequacy of the current laws regulating animal welfare and the export of live cattle.

CNNGo
by Chantal Abitbol

“I don’t think people want to have their nose shoved into the world of gruesome images,” says Emile Sherman, fresh from his Oscar-winning production, "The King’s Speech."

Those gruesome images are exactly what have sent shockwaves through Australia over the last two weeks. ABC’s program, Four Corners, exposé of the Australian cattle industry has led to a federal export ban to Indonesia.

Sydney Morning Herald

We share the community's condemnation of the institutionalised abuse of cattle exported live to Indonesia for slaughter reported on Four Corners on May 30. The treatment of these animals, and of animals in live export broadly, is ethically indefensible.