Let's Avoid More Rows!

[icyfroth]

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says "precise measures" must be taken to avoid a repeat of the spying which caused a deep rift in relations with Australia.

Dr Yudhoyono on Tuesday met with some of his closest advisers and senior ministers to discuss an official response to a letter from Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

The letter was received on Saturday in response to demands from Jakarta for an explanation over the tapping of the president's phone in 2009.

While Indonesian officials have refused to reveal the contents of the letter, a spokesman for the president said before the high-level meeting at the presidential palace that it was in line with expectations.

Indonesia last week suspended all military co-operation with Australia, as well as co-operation in combating people smuggling, intelligence gathering and anti-terrorism efforts.

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[fiestas*girl]

oh i see, its like that is it?

just so we are clear, i love juicy red meat and i love vegetables too, but i am not a fanatic of either!

[acacia_pycnantha]

We should stop the export of both live cows and sheep to those countries who demonstrate that they do not treat them in a humane way.

Let them eat Spam. We could cash in on a whole new manufactuing industry here, folks.

[spotweldersfriend]

Good idea a.p but someone's beaten us to the punch:-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[colic2bullsgirlore]

A horrendous trip[ for cattle to Indonesia?

Last year approximately 280 of the 278,000 live cattle that were sent to Indonesia died onboard a vessel or .11%

I guess they could stay at home?

http://www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-health/welfare/export-trade/mortalities

[colic2bullsgirlore]

I guess they could stay at home?

http://www.mla.com.au/News-and-resources/Industry-news/Boosting-breeder-cow-survival

"The mean female mortality ranged from 3.9% in the WA West Kimberley region to 12.84% in the Alice Springs region for the same period. (The breeder mortality rates are likely to be somewhat higher than these values as non-breeding females are not suffering as much nutritional stress or other risks associated with pregnancy and calving). Individual properties in the Queensland northern Gulf varied from 2.6% to 19.6%."

[freshwater-2]

Oops, hit the wrong key.

Colic, do you support the export of live animals to Indonesia and other countries which have similar slaughtering methods?

[spotweldersfriend]

They're all introduced species.Imagine how much more fracking we could do if all that land wasn't used for rearing cattle and sheep.

[j*oono]

I do not support live export and it has nothing to do with the way they are slaughtered.  The journey would already be enough torture.

I'm not a vegetarian.  

[acacia_pycnantha]

Indonesia claims they haven't enough refrigerators for the people to buy killed meat so they want to import live meat and kill it as required.

Either Spam them or bomb their cities with fridges.

Stop the live stock export trade. it's cruel and inhumane.