The Panel some months ago made a considered submission to the SA Select Committee, which recently published its report and recommendations. In brief summary, the Committee recommended that breeders be licensed; introduction of an “enforceable standard” for the breeding of dogs and cats; such enforcement include a power of random inspection of all breeders; that…
The Panel’s legal team filed on behalf of the Australian Society of Kangaroos an application to review yesterday morning in the ACT CAT, challenging the Tribunal’s calculation of permissible eastern grey kangaroo kill numbers, having regard to the formula adopted in their reasons for judgement. If upheld, the application for review would have reduced the…
Ruth Hatten (Legal Counsel for Voiceless), Antoine Goetschel (Guest Speaker) and Anastasia Smietanka (National Co-ordinator) Antoine Goetschel, Meg Good and Ruth Hatten Congratulations to our Tasmanian co-ordinator, Meg Good, our National Co-ordinator, Anastasia Smietanka and our Secretariat members Jed Goodfellow (NSW) and Aaron Timoshanko (SA) for their insightful lectures at the Voiceless Law Lecture Series…
Photo courtesy of ABC TV: 7.30 Report. A cow is poked with a cattle prod in the Israeli abattoir. The ABC1 4 Corners program, Another Bloody Business, screened on 5 November 20, exposed the circumstances of the brutal Pakistani sheep slaughter where sheep rejected by Bahrain (for alleged disease) were re-routed to Pakistan, an unapproved destination when the shipment left Fremantle. The ABC 1 7.30 program, Israeli…
With her appointment as legal counsel for Animals Australia, Shatha Hamade has been succeeded as National Co-ordinator by Anastasia Smietanka, previously her Deputy. The Panel will continue to work closely with Shatha in her new role with Animals Australia. Anastasia has been with the Panel for over 3 years. Prior to her role as National…
At its meeting on 27 November 2012, the Federal Labor Caucus appointed a Live Animal Export Working Group to develop a model for an Office of Animal Welfare and to report back to the Caucus with recommendations by February 2012. Amongst the Working Group’s aims, it will consider the role an Office would play in…
New Zealand is to phase out battery hens by 2022. The new Code of Conduct will allow hens to be kept in colony cages – a larger cage – or in barns. Whilst greater freedom for hens is to be welcomed, the Panel favours free range egg hens. In Australia, the dramatic increase in market…
We are delighted to report that the Panel’s National Co-ordinator, Shatha Hamade, was announced by the Law Council of Australia on Friday 21 September in Adelaide as Australian Young Lawyer of the Year 2012. It is a singular achievement, and reflects Shatha’s dedication and unique abilities. It is also a sign of how the animal…
Some 100 people attended the launch by former High Court justice, The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, of Graeme McEwen’s e-book, Animal Law: Principles and Frontiers, (published at this website) on Friday 27 July 2012. The launch was held at the Victorian Bar’s Essoign Club, here are photos taken at the event. Photos: Jayne Moberley…