Changing consumer sentiment pushes for improved sheep handling ThuThursday 10 updated ThuThursday 10 DecDecember 2020 at 10:12pm The first sheep arrived in Australia with the first fleet in 1788. Barry, NSW, Feb 1927. ( Share Print text only Animal welfare standards and practices are continuing to evolve as science and technology advances. South Australian-based wool broker, Rod Miller, has been in the industry for the last 40 years, starting his career as a teenager. Mr Miller said consumer sentiment toward the way sheep were bred and treated drove methodology on many farms around the countr...