Qld premier must support live export: LNP

Queensland's opposition is pressuring Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to support live cattle exports. Source: AAP

QUEENSLAND'S opposition is applying pressure on new Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to throw her support behind live cattle exports.

AGRICULTURE Minister Bill Byrne has said exports out of Port Alma, in central Queensland, will threaten the viability of the local meat processing industry and jobs in his Rockhampton electorate.

But Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg is disappointed by Mr Byrne's "negative" comments and "significant opposition" to the sector.He says it's now up to Ms Palaszczuk to restore confidence in the industry, especially after the federal Labor government temporarily halted live exports in 2011 following incidents of animal cruelty in Indonesia."The premier needs to come out in support of the live cattle export industry," Mr Springborg told AAP."She has to support it because it's a vitally important industry and we saw the devastation that came from the previous shutdown."It's important and people would expect the agriculture minister should be supporting it not opposing it, and they would be very interested to know if the premier shares that view."The Liberal National Party leader said the multi-billion dollar industry bred huge numbers of cattle in Queensland specifically for live export.He said live cattle were also a valuable source of protein for many countries in southeast Asia where refrigeration wasn't widespread.Meat processor Teys Australia, one of the biggest employers in the city, understands live exports would give local beef producers more options.But Teys general manager Tom Maguire also said live exports would be "unequivocally bad" for the local job market in Rockhampton.

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