ANIMAL WELFARE – AUSTRALIA

ABC indulged ‘activist agenda’, says V’landys

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Original article by Kieran Gair
The Australian – Page: 7 : 15-Oct-20

Racing NSW CEO Peter V’landys has given evidence in his defamation lawsuit against the ABC and one of its journalists. The case centres on a story that appeared on the ‘7.30’ current affairs program in October 2019; it featured an interview with V’landys that was spliced with graphic footage of retired racehorses being killed at a Queensland abattoir. V’landys claimed that the story "pandered to an activist agenda" and alleges that the ABC failed to make it clear that he has no jurisdiction over racehorses in Queensland. V’landys is seeking aggravated damages.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RACING NSW

Live exports sabotaged by charity

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Original article by Rosie Lewis, Sam Buckingham-Jones
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 18-Jan-19

Animals Australia has been accused of trying to sabotage the nation’s $2 billion live export industry. This follows allegations that it offered to pay workers on ships transporting stock to the Middle East for distressing footage of animals. Liberal senator Dean Smith says the Australian Charities & Not-for-profits Commission should suspend Animals Australia’s charitable status pending an inquiry into the claims. Australian Livestock Exporters Council chairman Simon Crean says the allegations call into question Animals Australia’s role as an animal welfare advocacy group.

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ANIMALS AUSTRALIA, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN LIVESTOCK EXPORTERS COUNCIL LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

Labor pledges end to live sheep exports

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Original article by Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 4-May-18

Labor’s agricultural spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon says it intends to phase out Australia’s live sheep export trade. Its decision pre-empts the findings of a review into the sector, which was prompted by revelations concerning sheep being transported to the Middle East in dreadful conditions in 2017. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused Labor of making a reckless decision based on emotion, rather than on science and information. Western Australian Farmers Federation president Tony York says banning the live sheep trade would have a detrimental impact on regional and rural communities.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FARMERS FEDERATION (INCORPORATED), ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, AUSTRALIAN LIVESTOCK EXPORTERS COUNCIL LIMITED, ANIMALS AUSTRALIA