Sustainability isn’t just about carbon offsets, biodiversity credits or planting trees - those projects are important, but they’re not where it starts. 

A national effort to future-proof the Australian sheep industry and strengthen its sustainability will begin next year.

Picture credit: Zoetis As Australia prepares for the resumption of live sheep exports to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the end of...

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) is disappointed with the announcement of tariffs on red meat exports to the US this morning.

Australia’s peak red meat bodies have called for calm in response to heightened speculation about possible US tariffs on all imports.

As negotiations are being finalised around the ambitious Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement (A-EU FTA) Australia’s sheep industry is crying out for a level playing field on the EU bloc, insisting the Australian Government must hold fast in securing significant increases in market access for Australian red meat imports.

The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement will deliver benefits and opportunities for many Australian producers. For sheepmeat this means Australia will have access to a tariff-free quota of 25,000 tonnes rising to 75,000 tonnes and tariffs eliminated after ten years.

The group saw changes to conditions on board vessels, including improved ventilation and increased pen space, and discussed the range of animal welfare indicators that are being developed and used by industry covering animal behaviours, management, and environment.

Sheep Producers Australia welcomes the confirmation yesterday by the Albanese government that the Indian Government has completed its domestic requirements to enable implementation of the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA).

Members of the GSPF include the American Lamb Board, Beef + Lamb New Zealand, British National Sheep Association, Canadian Sheep Federation, National Sheep Association, National Wool Growers’ Association of South Africa, and Sheep Producers Australia (SPA).

The Australian sheepmeat industry today welcomed the signing of the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA) by Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan and Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry Priyush Goyal.

Sheep Producers Australia welcomes the report by the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport legislation Committee Inquiry into meat definitions and other animal products tabled in parliament yesterday.

Sheep Producers Australia welcomes today’s announcement that Australia and the United Kingdom have formally agreed to immediate tariff-free quotas on a number of Australian exports, with plans to remove the taxes entirely in a decade.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) welcomes the announcement at parliament this week by Senator Susan McDonald that she has launched a Senate Inquiry into food labelling laws.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) welcomes the announcement yesterday by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson that the free trade deal with the United Kingdom is the most comprehensive and ambitious in Australia’s history.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) is the peak body representing Australia’s sheep production industry. We consider animal welfare to be our highest priority.

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Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) welcomes the announcement by the Trade Minister Mr Simon Birmingham yesterday that negotiations will...