Gillard defends the 2011 live export ban

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has defended the federal government's 2011 ban on live exports, ahead of a possible confrontation with protesters in Perth.

Ms Gillard said the government had to place a temporary ban on live exports after video surfaced of Australian animals being mistreated in Indonesia.

"We faced a situation where if we did nothing and images of this kind of cruelty just came back to Australia time after time after time, then community anxiety would have got to the stage where people would have said ban this industry and ban it for all time," she told ABC radio on Wednesday.

"What I chose to do instead was to put in place a ban so we could move to increase animal welfare standards.

"We've done that, and what that means is, we've put the industry on a strong and stable footing for the future."

The new system involves tracking animal welfare standards so people could export livestock knowing they were not at risk of "a sudden outpouring of community sentiment" that would close their business down, Ms Gillard said.

The prime minister will attend a community cabinet in Thornlie later on Wednesday where she is expected to be confronted by live animal export protesters.

Stop Live Exports coordinator Katrina Love said she expected about 100 people to attend the public forum for a peaceful rally, urging the prime minister to announce a plan before the federal election to phase out live exports.

"We will vote for a party that commits to a phase-out and an end to this cruelty," she said.

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