The Federal Opposition has delivered two conflicting messages in less than 24 hours about live sheep exports.
On Thursday, a party spokesman said the Albanian government would ban trade, adding that it had declined over the past two decades.
Most of Australia's live livestock exports go to countries in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, often due to the demand for live animals that can be slaughtered according to religious or cultural traditions.
According to the Chief Executive of the Australian Livestock Exporters Council, Mark Harvey-Sutton, the industry has changed since 2018. That year there was widespread criticism after broadcast footage taken on a cattle transport ship bound for the Middle East showed sheep panting under heat stress. and covered in dirt.
