Sheep industry convoy sends clear message to Canberra

WA farmers ramp up their campaign to save the live sheep exports with a truck convoy in Perth.

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00:00There's a lot of people there, a lot of passion, and I think we're looking at something similar

00:04to what we had last time. Hopefully we get the similar support from the people across

00:09Perth in the traffic and those that are coming out of the buildings in Perth, waving their

00:14placards, thumbs up, shouting the message of support as our convoy goes past.

00:20So the ban will affect our business in many different ways. We can't farm machinery, so

00:24we'll end up being quieter. There's not enough sheep around, there's not enough buyers for

00:28secondary smaller items. So the ban will be a flow-on effect for us, and like my daughter

00:34Lucy works at the Roadhouse in Catanning, the flow-on effect will be continual for what

00:37we do. So we're here to support the second tier. We're not really sheep farmers, but

00:42we're here supporting the industry that supports us.

00:46There's a lot of blokes in our industry getting out, or thinking of getting out. The sheep

00:50numbers just aren't there. We're at the lowest wool clip we've ever had in a hundred years.

00:54The merino flock is in decline and a rapid decline while we're at it.

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