The Australian Alliance for Animals has welcomed news that animal welfare will be included in the Australia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), struck by Australia’s Trade Minister Don Farrell yesterday.

The Australian Alliance for Animals, FOUR PAWS and Humane Society International Australia have joined forces to call out systemic issues with​in​ the wool industry in a new published report, The Broken Promise: The Australian wool industry’s failure to end live lamb cutting, and why government must step in.

The Alliance congratulates The Hon Julie Collins MP on her appointment as the new Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and thanks outgoing Minister Murray Watt for his leadership over the past two years.

Launched today, Better Chicken Australia is a new joint campaign backed by the Australian Alliance for Animals, World Animal Protection and Animals Aotearoa, which aims to lift the lid on the conditions faced by 700 million chickens farmed for meat in Australia every year.

The Australian Senate has today passed historic legislation enshrining the phase out of live sheep exports into law. The Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Act 2024 prohibits exporting live sheep by sea from Australia by 1 May 2028 and unlocks a $107 million industry adjustment package.

The path to ending the suffering of sheep is one step further along as Members of the Australian House of Representatives have passed legislation to enshrine the phase out of the live sheep export trade.

The Albanese Government has today introduced legislation into Federal Parliament, enshrining the phase out of the live sheep export trade.

The Albanese Government has today released its plan to phase out live sheep exports, ending months of speculation and providing much-needed certainty for industry and stakeholders.

Leading animal welfare organisations are calling on the Albanese Government to honour its election commitment to phase out live sheep exports in an open letter requesting a definitive end date to be announced in next month’s Federal Budget. 

The Australian Alliance for Animals is calling for an end to live sheep exports and for the Department of Agriculture to commit to full transparency around the conditions faced by thousands of sheep and cattle onboard the ill-fated MV Bahijah, which is due to arrive in Israel today following its latest 34-day voyage.

Peak animal welfare group, the Australian Alliance for Animals has expressed dismay over the decision to re-export more than 15,000 sheep on board the MV Bahijah to the Middle East.

Peak animal welfare group, the Australian Alliance for Animals, has welcomed the introduction of a new bill to formally legislate the phase out live sheep exports in Australia.

The Australian Alliance for Animals has today welcomed the decision of the Department of Agriculture to reject an application to re-export approximately 15,000 sheep and cattle stranded on board the MV Bahijah since 5 January.

The Alliance for Animals is calling for common sense to prevail as the Department of Agriculture considers an application to re-export thousands of Australian sheep and cattle.

The Alliance for Animals is today calling for an immediate inquiry following revelations that the WA Government intends to drop animal cruelty charges against the state’s largest live sheep exporter just days before a long-awaited trial was due to commence.

The Alliance for Animals is calling on the Government to expedite the phase out of live sheep exports following further revelations of export rule breaches in the Middle East.

The Australian Alliance for Animals is today releasing the results of a ground-breaking new study exploring community expectations about how the nation’s animal welfare policies are set and governed.

The Australian Alliance for Animals is calling for more certainty over the phase-out of battery cages following the endorsement of new national standards for poultry welfare.

The Australian Alliance for Animals is calling on state and territory agriculture ministers to agree on a definitive timeline for the phase out of battery cages ahead of the upcoming national Agriculture Ministers Meeting.

The Australian Alliance for Animals is calling on the Government to expediate its phase out of live sheep exports as further evidence shows a complete breakdown of supply chain controls in Oman.