Australian observers likely to board just one live export ship in two years

The government says Covid travel restrictions have made it too unsafe to carry out the independent observer program

Independent observers are likely to board just a single live export ship in two years after being pulled from voyages due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.

The observer program was set up to monitor conditions on live export ships following the 2018 Emanuel Exports scandal, in which 2,400 sheep died from heat stress on their way to the Middle East.