View AFSA’s entire submission here. The current review of the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals – Domestic Poultry offers the first opportunity in 15 years to improve the minimum welfare standards for domestic poultry in Australia. It provides the chance to modify Australian standards to reflect current animal welfare science and […]
Poultry Welfare Reforms Fact Sheet
The Codes for animal welfare for poultry are being reviewed for the first time in over 15 years. The result will be one Australia-wide Code on animal welfare for poultry. Two main documents, along with an independent Farmed Bird Science Welfare Review and many supporting papers, have been released for public comment: The Draft Standards […]
AFSA calls out biased reporting on Victorian planning reforms
Peter Hunt, a Weekly Times reporter, has treated the concerns of Victoria’s pastured livestock farmers over proposed planning reforms with total contempt, calling them ‘delusional.’ This seems unsurprising given Hunt spent many years in a policy role with the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF), a body whose reputation for attacking small-scale farmers is increasing. Pastured pig […]
NSW Planning Reform Campaign Materials
1. PRINT THE PETITION to collect signatures in your community and secure the future of free-range farming in NSW! 2. DISTRIBUTE THE FLYER at your local farmers market and other community events. 3. SHARE THE FACTSHEET and ensure your community members are well informed. 4. MAKE A PUBLIC SUBMISSION to the NSW State Government by 15 JANUARY. 5. EMAIL YOUR […]
MEDIA RELEASE: The future of free-range farming endangered by NSW Planning review
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) is calling on the NSW Government to secure a future that encourages regenerative farmers by ensuring regulatory burdens on small-scale pastured livestock producers are commensurate with the low risk they pose to their communities. The Government states that the aim of its proposed planning reforms are to ‘support the […]
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