Today State and Federal ministers sacrificed animal welfare and ignored consumer sentiment when they agreed to define “free-range” as a stocking density of up to 10,000 birds per hectare. Greens animal welfare spokesperson, Senator Lee Rhiannon said the decision was a disgraceful move by the National Party to misuse the Australian Consumer Law to…
The Victorian parliamentary committee of inquiry investigating the regulatory framework for restricted breed dogs today published its report and recommendations, the key underlying conclusion of which is that Victoria’s BSL is not working. The Committee has recommended that the government lift the current ban on the registration of pit bulls that have not been…
Media reports suggest a parliamentary report – to be published this month – is expected to recommend repealing 2012 restricted breed dog legislation that resulted in so many dogs being put on death row in Victoria. The Panel made a submission to the Economy and Infrastructure Committee parliamentary inquiry calling for the law to be…
The Swiss government announced it will ban the sale of cosmetics containing ingredients newly tested on animals. The announcement comes in response to a motion introduced by Green Party parliamentarian Maya Graf and if passed would make Switzerland the 35th country to take legal action to stem the trade in animal-tested consumer products…