2024-2025 Pre-Budget Submission
Submission overview
Australia currently lacks a national framework for developing animal welfare policy and standards. As a consequence, progress on developing national standards has faltered and inconsistencies in implementation have increased, leading to impacts upon business, trade and market access, and Australia’s international standing.
While the Australian Government has committed to a range of measures to re-establish national frameworks in animal welfare, current funding allocations are inadequate. We believe that further funding would support renewing and implementing the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy, establishing a national Commission of Animal Welfare, and broadening the remit of the Inspector-General for Animal Welfare and Live Animal Exports. These proposed policies draw from current government policy commitments, the recommendations of the Australian Productivity Commission, and the principles agreed at the Agriculture Ministers’ Forum of 25 October 2019. We propose an investment of $82 million over four years ($9 million of which has already been committed by the current Government) to ensure the objectives of the Australian Government in renewing national leadership, promoting community confidence, supporting industry sustainability, and providing assurances to international trade partners can be realised.
For further background to these and other reforms, please see our 2022 report, Building a Fairer Australia for Animals at www.fairgoforanimals.org.au
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In this submission, the Alliance for Animals makes a pre-budget submission proposing an investment in animal welfare of $82 million over four years.
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