[ad_1] Photo: RNZ/Carol Stiles A petition signed by more than 57,000 people calling for the government to keep its ban on live animal exports has been handed over to Parliament. Labour introduced the ban in April last year while still in government. But the new government has said it would like to restart live animal […]
National farming policy: Resume live animal exports, cut red tape, scrap migrant worker median wage
[ad_1] National leader Christopher Luxon has released the party’s policy for the farming sector, taking aim at what it calls “red tape” around an increase in regulations such as for water quality and emissions, while also proposing to restart live exports of cattle with strict animal welfare rules around it. The Government has hit back, […]