Mutton prices,which were more than $100 in January,have dropped to as low as $1 per head in some instances amid a national oversupply of 640,000 sheep.
The live cattle and buffalo export trade from Australia to Indonesia can now resume after beasts from four Australian facilities were barred in August over disease fears.
Tens of thousands of Australians have signed a petition calling on parliamentarians to set a date for the end of the live export of sheep.
Indonesia suspended shipments from four Australian exporters after detecting the highly contagious virus in cattle unloaded in Jakarta and Malaysia has followed suit.
Indonesian officials say Australian cattle with lumpy-skin disease showed symptoms before being unloaded from ships,heightening their suspicion over its origin.
Animals Australia says thousands of sheep are set to be slaughtered outside the live export rules that are supposed to protect them after uncovering alleged abuses.
An Australian government investigation has found violations of live export trade standards at seven Indonesian slaughterhouses where Australian producers send cattle.
Warren Snowdon,who wanted to retain the live export trade,is on a panel of experts formed by the Albanese government to phase it out.
Perth-based ship operator Emanuel Exports will face trial over the deaths of thousands of sheep in 2017,which stirred widespread debate about the trade.
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt was repeatedly pressed about Australia’s animal welfare record in London.
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