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Live exporters face tougher regulation after scathing report fingers Barnaby Joyce

The live export industry faces tougher animal welfare regulation after an independent review blamed former agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce for chronic regulatory failure.

The review, ordered by the federal government after the heat-related deaths of thousands of sheep on a ship bound for the Middle East, called for the re-establishment of an animal welfare branch within the agriculture department.

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Brad Thompson was a reporter at The Australian Financial Review

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/business/live-exporters-face-tougher-regulation-after-scathing-report-fingers-barnaby-joyce-20181031-h17btr