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Australia's live export industry is facing a double whammy as war in the Middle East restricts shipping channels and forces up the cost of diesel for pastoralists and farmers.

Mark Harvey-Sutton believes the campaign to save live sheep exports will have politicians thinking twice before shutting down any other industry.

The federal government has refused an exemption to its live export ban that would have allowed 56,000 sheep to be transported to the Middle East, and they will now be sent to abattoirs in Western Australia.