The Australian Alliance for Animals is urging the Albanese Government to announce its plan to phase out the live sheep export trade as the six-month anniversary of the independent panel’s report passes this week.

This is a landmark opportunity to renew Australia’s Animal Welfare Strategy and has the potential to align the standards with science-based evidence and community expectations.

The Alliance for Animals, together with other leading animal protection organisations in Australia, have written an open letter to Prime Minister Albanese asking that his Government fulfil its election promise to phase out live sheep exports from Australia.

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.

The Australian Alliance for Animals has provided feedback to the Victorian Draft Animal Care and Protection Bill. In our submission we emphasise the importance of modernising animal welfare legislation to reflect current scientific understanding and community expectations.

The Alliance for Animals ran an online workshop event to explain how to make a submission to the consultation process to reform Victoria's animal care and protection laws.

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 Alliance for Animals has made a submission to the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) in response to their stage 2 recommendations.

A coalition of seven leading animal welfare charities has responded to the Productivity Commission's draft report: Future foundations for giving and goes into further detail outlining the case for extending tax concessions to animal welfare charities.

We, the animal protection sectors in Australia and New Zealand, implore the live export companies trading in Australia to immediately apply a voluntary suspension of all live animal exports to or through the Red Sea while the risk of attack remains, and suspend any extended journeys to the Middle East via the Cape of Good Hope.

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 and Effective Altruism Australia ran an online workshop event to explain how to make a submission to the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Philanthropy.

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 has made a 2024-2025 pre-budget submission to the Australian Government.

The Alliance for Animals has made a submission to the Victorian Parliament on the Inquiry into Pig Welfare in Victoria to create more independent, accountable governance processes as well as outlining the need for an independent Office of Animal Welfare.

The Alliance for Animals has made a submission to the Climate Policy Branch, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to provide input into the development of a sectoral plan to reduce emissions from the agriculture and land sector.

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 has made a submission to the inquiry into the Australian Government’s approach when negotiating trade and investment agreements to include improved animal welfare standards.