****ing Yanks. Who do they think they are? Do these people have any idea at all? Do they even know what mulesing is? How the hell do they deal with it in America...wait, do they even have sheep in America? Or do all their sheep have tails?

Clearly they are clueless, and they believe they are righteous so-and-sos who can dictate what the rest of the world should and shouldn't do.
The live shipments is one thing, and an issue that needs to be dealt with. But mulesing? I've grown up on a farm - have any of these people ever done that? Do they see the direct results of mulesing (or not doing it)? I just found this:
Is Mulesing necessary? No, but State Agriculture Departments promote it because it is cheaper and easier to mules once, rather than to provide proper management such as good breeding, inspection and crutching. Mulesing is performed to save labour costs and is an economic decision.
Departments promote it? My father has run a farm all his life (in Victoria's Western District - one of the world's greatest wool-producing areas), and his father before him. I think they know what's best for their animals. It's been practised for sometime and is considered a normal part of farming procedure, not a bloody economic decision. I've watched it done; it's not as horrific or gruesome as it sounds. They bleed a bit, the pain doesn't last too long, and it heals quickly. As for 'proper management', my dad doesn't have time to sit around on his ass while he breeds generation after generation of sheep, losing money while he does so, in order to prevent this 'animal cruelty'. Nor does he have time to crutch and inspect every single sheep (FFS, there are at least thousands on any average farm) every other week.
Damn right it's 'cheaper and easier'. More effective too, in case they hadn't noticed. Sheep don't die from mulesing. They can die from "flystrike" though. Prevention is better than a cure. Better to have no risk at all, than to constantly have to take measures in order to ensure a sheep doesn't get it. And you wouldn't be able to prevent all cases anyway, and you'd end up with sheep that are useless and would have to be killed anyway. (And let me guess...they'll want us to take them to the vet and have them put to sleep too?)
Perhaps this mob need to get out and run a farm themselves. See the hardship that goes on. See what some of these animals are subject to with REAL improper management, such as not mulesing for one, or from nature itself. What are they going to suggest next, we let all sheep run free because they're restricted in their paddocks? That the hay isn't nutritious enough or doesn't provide enough variety? They're subject to terrible, rocky terrain? Fences are blocking their view of the f***ing road? I don't think these people would survive a week on a farm. Wonder how many of them are wearing an article of clothing or use blankets made from Australian wool? I suppose they'll go and tell us now that we should stop tagging sheeps' ears because they suffer a bit of pain and it can bleed? No more shearing because it causes skin abrasions? Ban woolsheds because sheep constantly put their legs through a slat and are at risk of maybe breaking an ankle?! Maybe we should just let all sheep run free! This is the agricultural industry for you, it's a way of life, it's harsh, bloody well deal with it.
I'm not one for getting big into international issues, but this one is an issue that would affect me directly should it be implemented. One of my father's primary sources of income is from his wool produce, as it is of many people I know. I hate to imagine what further difficulty would be caused if major international companies stopped buying our wool.

I can imagine my dad sitting at home right now, in one way laughing at them...and in the other looking rather grim, knowing exactly what it'll mean for people like us.
Idiots. They are absolutely clueless.