Agriculture Minister Murray Watt confirms the phase-out of Australia's live sheep export industry.

Live sheep export industry faces phase-out challenges, as Agriculture Minister Murray Watt confirms the trade cannot be saved. WA Livestock Exporters Association vice chairman Ashley James leaves a meeting with Watt frustrated by not receiving a shutdown timeline. Farmers in WA are selling livestock and dismantling fences, transitioning to grain cultivation amidst public anger over supermarket pricing.