Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rebuffs calls to apologise for making a live export joke to a room full of farmers, after WA Labor Premier Roger Cook said the gag 'touched a raw nerve' in his state.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declined to apologise for a joke about live animal exports at a dinner of farmers, after the WA premier said it had "fallen flat" and the Nationals said it was "far from funny".
Though Mr Albanese was talking about beef, his comments were taken by some critics to reference the federal government's recent decision to ban live sheep exports by sea. Mr Cook said he "wasn't quite sure" what Mr Albanese was trying to say, "but it seemed to be moving towards the issue around live animal exports with regards to the cattle industry".
"It shows a prime minister who is out of touch and doesn't understand the harm behind Labor's decision to shut down the live sheep export trade and the pain still inflicted on those embroiled in a legal case, after Labor's unlawful ban of the live cattle industry in 2011."
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