Joe Ludwig
More animal cruelty claims in Malaysia
Richard Willingham Controversial live exports trade facing further scrutiny with fresh allegations of cruelty.
Live exports to Egypt suspended
Chris Johnson The Australian livestock sector is again reeling after the emergence of new footage showing extreme cattle cruelty in Egyptian abattoirs.
New federal loans will help farmers: NFF
Concessional government loans worth $420 million will help farmers who are being "smashed" by the high Australian dollar and rising production prices, the National Farmers' Federation says.
Brown urges slaughter ban
Horrified reactions to an ABC TV report on the brutal slaughter of Australian sheep in Pakistan have prompted the Greens, veterinarians and animal rights groups to renew calls to ban live exports.
Exported cattle face ear mutilation
Richard Willingham Australian cattle exported to Egypt could have their ears chopped off before slaughter as part of the country's crackdown on hormone injections in animals, enraging animal activists.
Australian sheep win stay of execution
Richard Willingham Confusion remains about the fate of more than 20,000 Australian sheep in Pakistani feedlots, with local importers winning an injunction against a government order to cull the flock because they are...
Trevally tipped to soon be off our menus
Andrew Darby A once-prized table fish is being considered for the threatened species list, in a further challenge to Australian fisheries managers.
Potato industry roasts PM in import row
Richard Willingham A CARTOON portraying Prime Minister Julia Gillard and senior ministers Joe Ludwig and Craig Emerson as children playing a video game has been launched by the potato industry as part of its war to...
When the chips are down … fight to keep out the Kiwi spud invaders
Richard Willingham THE potato industry has stepped up its fight to block imports of New Zealand potatoes, with the launch of an online campaign that portrays the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and ministers Joe Ludwig...
Activists fear new cruelty cases in animal sacrifices
Richard Willingham Animal rights activists fear there will be more revelations of cruelty to Australian sheep exported to the Middle East during an upcoming Muslim festival.
Catch of the day: super-trawler ban
Ross Peake The federal government is promising a ''root and branch'' review of fisheries management law after it stepped in to ban the controversial super-trawler Abel Tasman from Australian waters for two...
Super trawler caught in legal net
David Wroe The controversial Abel Tasman super trawler faces a two-year ban on fishing in Australian waters under planned changes to environmental law that have been hailed by recreational fishers but will cost...
Trawler stoush hooks Ludwig
Lenore Taylor, David Wroe Two disaffected members of the fisheries management committee that paved the way for the supertrawler Margiris to come to Australia wrote to Fisheries Minister Senator Joe Ludwig in June pleading...
Netherlands raises trawler ban with EU
David Wroe The Dutch government has raised its concerns about the last-minute ban on the controversial Abel Tasman supertrawler with the European Union, potentially inflaming the international backlash against...
Risks of net gain
David Wroe, Nicky Phillips and Ben Cubby What makes the issue of a super trawler in our waters a powerful one is that - like coal-seam gas - it brings together groups that have traditionally been at odds with one another - in this case,...
Pakistan will cull 'healthy' sheep
Richard Willingham More than 20,000 Australian sheep are facing premature slaughter in Pakistan.
Trouble in the Top End
Richard Willingham Northern Australia's cattle industry is struggling to recover from the scandal surrounding how cruelly our cattle were being slaughtered in Indonesia.
Northern neighbour's meat market pricing out Australians exporters
Michael Bachelard and Richard Willingham Nobody notices as the first steer is led quietly into the killing box. There is no struggling and no lowing.
Indonesians short on beef after import quotas hurt
Michael Bachelard, Richard Willingham STRICT import quotas on Australian cattle have left the Indonesian marketplace short of beef and prices soaring at the busiest time of year.
Farmers optimistic on future
Darren Gray National Farmers' Federation chief says 2012 'one of the most positive years on record'.
