This post is a little more serious, so please forgive me if it is not so humorous.
Just when it seemed Australia’s worst Prime Minster in history (arguably) could not possibly make matters worse, the Government has decided to ban all live cattle exports to Indonesia.
This piece is not one intended to condone the actions taken by those, at up to 11 Indonesian slaughter houses. Not for one moment.
The treatment of cattle, filmed by Animals Australia & RSPCA which was subsequently aired on the ABC TV’s Four Corners was appalling and not acceptable in today’s society.
My concerns are;
What was Meat & Livestock Australia, (whose role includes ensuring the abattoirs are up to standard) doing while this treatment went on?
If the MLA were not actively ensuring the correct killing procedures were being carried out, then why must the Australian Beef Association keep paying levies for the above mentioned checks to be undertaken.
Initially the MLA and LiveCorp (an industry body) suspended the supply of cattle to three Indonesian slaughterhouses. After the footage aired on Four Corners, the Federal Government extended the ban to all in Indonesia.
So with no Cattle leaving our shores for Indonesia, what happens to those with contracts in place, and cattle at the station?
According to Nico Botha from Moola Bulla Station near Halls Creek in the Kimberley, the only option is to start shooting the cattle on his property.
Mr Botha currently has 25,000 head of cattle on his property. Of which, he estimates 3,000 must be shot to ensure there is enough natural grass to feed the remaining 22,000. Of the 3,000 set to be shot, 200 will have to go immediately.
Mr Botha told ABC News,
”We’d rather shoot them now than go through over grazing, dying in the paddocks, struggling to get the paddocks better again.”
“That’s going to take us another three years, so we’d rather do our decision now, than go through all the other dramas.”
He continued with,
“Animals are going to die on the paddocks in huge numbers and we’re not talking hundreds, we’re talking thousands.”
So, what’s the solution to yet another problem, created by the current Australian Government?
To me, it’s really very simple. Why not identify the abattoirs doing the wrong thing and suspend trade to them, which is basically isolating the problem. That seems much more logical than the over-reaction put forward by our Prime Minister. Her solution to completely ban all live exports to Indonesia, destroyed an entire industry over night. Instantly.
One must also ask. Is this just another example of a Labor quick fix solution, to solve a much more complex problem? Or are Bob Brown and his Green Party behind the push to ban live cattle exports?
Most are only too aware that in Bob Brown’s Utopia, there would be no live cattle exports. Not to Asia, Europe or the Middles East. Could the man with a vegetarian agenda be behind the push?
After all, is it not the Greens who see themselves as the moral and purity enforcers? Is it not them who see Animals as equals to us mere Humans?
Only time will tell how this one will play out, but mark my words. Under the Labor/Greens coalition, get use to the new “Utopia Agenda”.
An agenda that pushes a Carbon Tax, Solar & Wind Power, Push Bikes and Vegetarian Menus at your local Steak House.
Are you still “cool” because you voted Green?
Just when it seemed Australia’s worst Prime Minster in history (arguably) could not possibly make matters worse, the Government has decided to ban all live cattle exports to Indonesia.
This piece is not one intended to condone the actions taken by those, at up to 11 Indonesian slaughter houses. Not for one moment.
The treatment of cattle, filmed by Animals Australia & RSPCA which was subsequently aired on the ABC TV’s Four Corners was appalling and not acceptable in today’s society.
My concerns are;
What was Meat & Livestock Australia, (whose role includes ensuring the abattoirs are up to standard) doing while this treatment went on?
If the MLA were not actively ensuring the correct killing procedures were being carried out, then why must the Australian Beef Association keep paying levies for the above mentioned checks to be undertaken.
Initially the MLA and LiveCorp (an industry body) suspended the supply of cattle to three Indonesian slaughterhouses. After the footage aired on Four Corners, the Federal Government extended the ban to all in Indonesia.
So with no Cattle leaving our shores for Indonesia, what happens to those with contracts in place, and cattle at the station?
According to Nico Botha from Moola Bulla Station near Halls Creek in the Kimberley, the only option is to start shooting the cattle on his property.
Mr Botha currently has 25,000 head of cattle on his property. Of which, he estimates 3,000 must be shot to ensure there is enough natural grass to feed the remaining 22,000. Of the 3,000 set to be shot, 200 will have to go immediately.
Mr Botha told ABC News,
”We’d rather shoot them now than go through over grazing, dying in the paddocks, struggling to get the paddocks better again.”
“That’s going to take us another three years, so we’d rather do our decision now, than go through all the other dramas.”
He continued with,
“Animals are going to die on the paddocks in huge numbers and we’re not talking hundreds, we’re talking thousands.”
So, what’s the solution to yet another problem, created by the current Australian Government?
To me, it’s really very simple. Why not identify the abattoirs doing the wrong thing and suspend trade to them, which is basically isolating the problem. That seems much more logical than the over-reaction put forward by our Prime Minister. Her solution to completely ban all live exports to Indonesia, destroyed an entire industry over night. Instantly.
One must also ask. Is this just another example of a Labor quick fix solution, to solve a much more complex problem? Or are Bob Brown and his Green Party behind the push to ban live cattle exports?
Most are only too aware that in Bob Brown’s Utopia, there would be no live cattle exports. Not to Asia, Europe or the Middles East. Could the man with a vegetarian agenda be behind the push?
After all, is it not the Greens who see themselves as the moral and purity enforcers? Is it not them who see Animals as equals to us mere Humans?
Only time will tell how this one will play out, but mark my words. Under the Labor/Greens coalition, get use to the new “Utopia Agenda”.
An agenda that pushes a Carbon Tax, Solar & Wind Power, Push Bikes and Vegetarian Menus at your local Steak House.
Are you still “cool” because you voted Green?
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