'Enough is enough': More than 1,000 trucks descend on Perth in live export ban protest

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Hundreds of trucks and farm vehicles are snarling through Perth's CBD honking horns in a large-scale rally to oppose the end of the live sheep export trade.Traffic has moved to a crawl on some of ...

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Trucks in convoy in Perth as part of a protest against the Federal Government's proposed live  sheep export ban. (ABC News: David Weber)One of the convoy's organisers Peter Warburton said it was about farmers \"standing up to the Government\" to try to overturn the decision.\"We're all getting sick and tired of being told what to do and how to do it,\" he said.Live sheep export to end in 2028Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt says the transition is \"orderly and considered\".Read more\"We're here to stand up and show the government that we do listen and we've been doing the best way and you guys need to stand up and listen now.\"When asked if he was concerned the rally would frustrate members of the community, Mr Warburton said he wasn't worried.\"It could turn a percentage [against us],\" he said.\"But I hope they all go back on their social medias and their Google searches and type in 'Keep the Sheep' and see what we're actually doing as an industry.\" Peter Warburton, one of the organisers of a rally in Perth against the Federal Government's proposed live sheep export ban. 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