Primary producers are concerned about the implications of banning live sheep export.

WA’s Agriculture Minister has conceded the federal government isn’t going to back down on the issue.

President of WA’s Pastoralists & Graziers Association Tony Seabrook told Gary Adshead a blanket ban would impact livelihoods.

“There’s no justification for it whatsoever – this trade is an entirely different trade to what it was before, and it’s just a craven political move,” Mr Seabrook said on 6PR Mornings.

Press PLAY to hear more about the amount of people that will be affected by the ban 

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