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    • Livestock exporters
      • Become a livestock exporter
      • Exporting a livestock consignment
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Independent observer reports

Independent observers (observers) provide detailed reports based on their observations from a voyage. It covers loading of the vessel to completion of discharge at the final port.

Observer reports provide us with information to assist with effective regulation of the livestock export trade.

We carefully review all observer reports. We identify any issues that require regulatory action. If we find significant concerns, we require the exporter to take corrective actions.

We apply a rigorous quality assurance process to each observer report. As part of this process, we prepare a redacted copy of the report for the exporter.

We publish a summary of the observer’s key observations on our website. This provides transparency of voyage activities and animal welfare outcomes. Where possible, the observer approves the summary report prior to its publication. This is to ensure it is an accurate account of what they observed during the voyage.

We have also provided guidance around categories of issues or non-compliances commonly identified by observers.

Previous observer reports

We allocate report numbers at the time we assign an observer to a voyage. Changes in circumstances may result in the observer not being deployed on the voyage.

You can assess reports from 2019 onwards on this page. To access reports completed before 2019 see the National Library of Australia’s Trove archive.

Discretion advised: These reports contain images which may be distressing to some viewers.

Report No. Vessel Species and destination Voyage date Status
222 Ocean Ute Cattle to Vietnam July 2022 Completed
221 Girolando Express Cattle to Vietnam June 2022 Completed
220 Al Messilah Cattle and sheep to Middle East May 2022 Completed

No observers were deployed in 2021 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Report No. Vessel Species and destination Voyage date Status
219 Al Kuwait Sheep to Kuwait June 2020 Completed
218 Ocean Shearer Cattle and sheep to the Middle East March 2020 Completed
217 Ocean Ute Cattle and Buffalo to Indonesia February 2020 Completed
216 Al Shuwaikh Sheep to the Middle East February 2020 Completed
215 Yangtze Harmony Cattle to Vietnam February 2020 Completed
214 Anna Marra Cattle to Russia February 2020 Completed
213 Ocean Drover Cattle and sheep to the Middle East January 2020 Completed
212 Bahijah Cattle and sheep to Israel January 2020 Completed

Report No. Vessel Species and destination Voyage date Status
211 Al Shuwaikh Cattle and Sheep to the Middle East December 2019 Completed
210 Yangtze Fortune Cattle to China December 2019 Completed
209 Yangtze Harmony Cattle to Vietnam December 2019 Completed
208 Ocean Shearer Cattle to Indonesia December 2019 Completed
207 Maysora Cattle and Sheep to Israel and Jordan December 2019 Completed
206 Al Messilah Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait, UAE and Qatar December 2019 Completed
205 Girolando Express Cattle to China December 2019 Completed
204 Ocean Drover Cattle to Indonesia November 2019 Completed
203 Anna Marra Cattle to Russia November 2019 Completed
202 Bahijah Cattle to Israel November 2019 Completed
201 Yangtze Fortune Cattle to China November 2019 Completed
200 Al Shuwaikh Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait, UAE and Qatar November 2019 Completed
199 Al Messilah Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait, UAE and Qatar November 2019 Completed
198 Yangtze Harmony Cattle to China November 2019 Completed
197 Ocean Drover Cattle to Indonesia October 2019 Completed
196 Ocean Ute Cattle to Vietnam October 2019 Completed
195 Ocean Swagman Cattle to China October 2019 Completed
194 Anna Marra Cattle to Indonesia October 2019 Completed
193 Maysora Cattle and Sheep to Israel and Jordan October 2019 Completed
192 Yangtze Harmony Cattle to Vietnam October 2019 Completed
191 Ocean Drover Cattle to Indonesia October 2019 Completed
190 Ganado Express Cattle to Indonesia September 2019 Completed
189 Al Messilah Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait, UAE and Qatar September 2091 Completed
188 Shorthorn Express Cattle to Indonesia September 2019 Completed
187 Bahijah Cattle to Israel September 2019 Completed
186 Anna Marra Cattle to Indonesia and Malaysia September 2019 Completed
185 Girolando Express Cattle to China September 2019 Completed
184 Maysora Cattle to Indonesia September 2019 Completed
183 Brahman Express Cattle to Indonesia September 2019 Completed
182 Ocean Ute Cattle to China September 2019 Completed
181 Bison Express Cattle to Indonesia September 2019 Completed
180 Yangtze Harmony Cattle to Vietnam September 2019 Completed
179 Ocean Drover Cattle to China September 2019 Completed
178 Ocean Swagman Cattle to Vietnam August 2019 Completed
177 Gelbray Express Cattle to Indonesia August 2019 Completed
176 Anna Marra Cattle to Indonesia August 2019 Completed
175 Bison Express Cattle to Indonesia August 2019 Completed
174 Gudali Express Cattle to Vietnam August 2019 Completed
173 Galloway Express Cattle to China August 2019 Completed
172 Ganado Express Cattle to Vietnam August 2019 Completed
171 Shorthorn Express Cattle to Indonesia August 2019 Completed
170 Ocean Swagman Cattle to Vietnam August 2019 Completed
168 Ocean Ute Cattle to Indonesia August 2019 Completed
167 Girolando Express Cattle and Buffalo to Vietnam August 2019 Completed
166 Gelbray Express Cattle to China August 2019 Completed
165 Bison Express Cattle to Indonesia July 2019 Completed
164 Gudali Express Cattle to Vietnam July 2019 Completed
163 Ocean Drover Cattle to Indonesia July 2019 Completed
162 Anna Marra Cattle to China July 2019 Completed
161 Ganado Express Cattle to Vietnam July 2019 Completed
160 Gudali Express Cattle to Indonesia July 2019 Completed
159 Girolando Express Cattle and Buffalo to Brunei and Malaysia July 2019 Completed
158 Gloucester Express Cattle to Vietnam July 2019 Completed
157 Gudali Express Cattle to Indonesia July 2019 Completed
156 Ocean Swagman Cattle to Indonesia July 2019 Completed
155 Ocean Drover Cattle to Indonesia July 2019 Completed
154 Greyman Express Cattle to Indonesia July 2019 Completed
153 Girolando Express Cattle to Indonesia July 2019 Completed
152 Yangtze Fortune Cattle to China July 2019 Completed
151 Ocean Ute Cattle to Vietnam June 2019 Completed
150 Ocean Swagman Cattle to Indonesia June 2019 Completed
149 Anna Marra Cattle to Indonesia and Malaysia June 2019 Completed
148 Gloucester Express Cattle to Indonesia June 2019 Completed
147 Gudali Express Cattle and Buffalo to Vietnam June 2019 Completed
146 Shorthorn Express Cattle to Indonesia June 2019 Completed
145 Bahijah Cattle to Israel June 2019 Completed
144 Gulf Livestock 1 Cattle to China June 2019 Completed
143 Yangtze Fortune Cattle to Indonesia June 2019 Completed
142 Bison Express Cattle to Philippines June 2019 Completed
141 Gloucester Express Cattle to Vietnam June 2019 Completed
140 Galloway Express Cattle to Indonesia June 2019 Completed
139 Gudali Express Cattle and Buffalo to Indonesia June 2019 Completed
138 Ocean Swagman Cattle to Vietnam June 2019 Completed
137 Ocean Ute Cattle to Vietnam May 2019 Completed
136 Ganado Express Cattle to China May 2019 Completed
135 Shorthorn Express Cattle to Vietnam May 2019 Completed
134 Gulf Livestock 1 Cattle to Indonesia May 2019 Completed
133 Ocean Drover Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait and UAE May 2019 Completed
132 Gudali Express Cattle to Indonesia May 2019 Completed
131 Anna Marra Cattle to Indonesia May 2019 Completed
130 Bison Express Cattle to Malaysia and Brunei May 2019 Completed
129 Shorthorn Express Cattle to Indonesia May 2019 Completed
128 Yangtze Fortune Cattle to Indonesia May 2019 Completed
127 Maysora Cattle and Sheep to Israel and Jordan May 2019 Completed
126 Yangtze Harmony Cattle to Russia May 2019 Completed
125 Ganado Express Cattle to Indonesia May 2019 Completed
124 Gloucester Express Cattle to China May 2019 Completed
123 Al Messilah Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait and UAE May 2019 Completed
122 Ocean Ute Cattle to Vietnam May 2019 Completed
121 Greyman Express Cattle to Indonesia May 2019 Completed
120 Girolando Express Cattle to Vietnam May 2019 Completed
119 Ocean Swagman Cattle to China May 2019 Completed
118 Bahijah Cattle to Israel April 2019 Completed
117 Al Shuwaikh Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait and Qatar April 2019 Completed
116 Shorthorn Express Cattle and Buffalo to Vietnam April 2019 Completed
115 Girolando Express Cattle to Indonesia April 2019 Completed
114 Greyman Express Cattle to Vietnam April 2019 Completed
113 Anna Marra Cattle and Sheep to Indonesia and Malaysia April 2019 Completed
112 Ganado Express Cattle to Vietnam April 2019 Completed
111 Yangtze Fortune Cattle to China April 2019 Completed
110 Galloway Express Cattle to Philippines April 2019 Completed
109 Rahmeh Cattle to China April 2019 Completed
108 Greyman Express Cattle to Indonesia April 2019 Completed
107 Ocean Ute Cattle to Vietnam April 2019 Completed
106 Gloucester Express Cattle to China April 2019 Completed
105 Al Messilah Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait, Qatar and UAE April 2019 Completed
104 Jawan Cattle to Indonesia March 2019 Completed
103 Yangtze Harmony Cattle to Indonesia March 2019 Completed
102 Gudali Express Cattle to Indonesia March 2019 Completed
101 Brahman Express Cattle to Indonesia March 2019 Completed
100 Gelbray Express Cattle to Indonesia March 2019 Completed
99 Al Shuwaikh Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait and Qatar March 2019 Completed
98 Maysora Cattle and Sheep to Israel and Jordan March 2019 Completed
97 GL Kai Hou Cattle to Vietnam March 2019 Completed
96 Ocean Ute Cattle to Indonesia March 2019 Completed
95 Gudali Express Cattle to Indonesia March 2019 Completed
94 Ocean Swagman Cattle to China March 2019 Completed
93 Jawan Cattle to Indonesia March 2019 Completed
92 Yangtze Fortune Cattle to China March 2019 Completed
91 Yangtze Harmony Cattle to Indonesia March 2019 Completed
90 Girolando Express Cattle to Indonesia March 2019 Completed
89 Dareen Cattle to Vietnam February 2019 Completed
88 N/A N/A N/A N/A
87 Greyman Express Cattle to Vietnam February 2019 Completed
86 Al Messilah Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait, Qatar and UAE February 2019 Completed
85 Ocean Ute Cattle to Indonesia February 2019 Completed
84 Rahmeh Cattle to China February 2019 Completed
83 Gudali Express Cattle to Indonesia February 2019 Completed
82 N/A N/A N/A N/A
81 Jawan Cattle to Indonesia February 2019 Completed
80 Galloway Express Cattle and Buffalo to Indonesia February 2019 Completed
79 Gudali Express Cattle to Indonesia February 2019 Completed
78 Greyman Express Cattle to Vietnam February 2019 Completed
77 Ganado Express Cattle to Indonesia February 2019 Completed
76 Brahman Express Cattle and Sheep to Israel February 2019 Completed
75 Shorthorn Express Cattle to Indonesia February 2019 Completed
74 Al Shuwaikh Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait, Qatar and UAE February 2019 Completed
73 Gudali Express Cattle to Indonesia January 2019 Completed
72 Greyman Express Cattle to Indonesia January 2019 Completed
71 Bahijah Cattle and Sheep to Israel January 2019 Completed
70 Maysora Cattle and sheep to Israel and Jordan January 2019 Completed
69 Ocean Swagman Cattle to Oman and UAE January 2019 Completed
68 Jawan Cattle to Indonesia January 2019 Completed
67 Al Messilah Cattle and Sheep to Kuwait, Qatar and UAE January 2019 Completed
66 Greyman Express Cattle to Indonesia January 2019 Completed
65 Ocean Ute Cattle to Indonesia January 2019 Completed
64 Gadali Express Cattle to Indonesia January 2019 Completed
63 Rahmeh Cattle to Vietnam January 2019 Completed
62 Dareen Cattle to Oman and Pakistan January 2019 Completed
61 Gloucester Express Cattle to China January 2019 Completed

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