Live exports ban: Coalition pressured to allow lower-house vote after bill passes Senate

Senate bill supported by Labor and Greens would ban live sheep exports after five-year transitional period

A crossbench bill to ban live sheep exports has passed the Senate, putting pressure on the Morrison government to allow a lower-house vote.

The bill faces an uncertain future. The Liberal MPs Sussan Ley and Sarah Henderson have introduced a similar private members’ bill to ban the controversial practice but may now find their hands tied after accepting assistant minister positions in the Morrison government.

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