VOLUME 20 • ISSUE 2 • JULY 2014
newsletter PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITATS — TELL CANBERRA PAGE 6 YOUR CHANCE to help secure nationally legislated free-range standards, page 4
Japanese whalers guilty again. March 31st, 2014 was a historic day globally for conservation. The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) decreed that Japan was in breach of the global whaling moratorium by killing whales ‘for scientific research’ in Antarctic waters. They were acting illegally and must revoke all whaling permits.
I must commend HSI’s fantastic legal advisers at the Environmental Defenders Office, including solicitors Kirsty Ruddock and Jessica Wood, barrister Dr Chris McGrath and Stephen Gageler SC, and also past Attorney General Robert McClelland. They supported HSI’s legal action and collectively ensured this important legal victory.
Voting 12 against four, the ICJ called on Japan to cease whaling immediately and the Japanese say they will abide by the ruling.
However, Japan ignored our territorial claims so HSI began a ‘contempt’ action against Kyodo, while urging the government to seek a ruling in the ICJ. And meanwhile, fearless members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society boarded a Japanese vessel while HSI sent Nicola to personally deliver the court papers to Kyodo in Tokyo.
HSI Australia has worked for this day since opening our Sydney office in 1994 (with many of our staff striving for it before that even). We first raised taking Japan to the ICJ with the Australian Government in 2000, following an article in an Australian law review journal by HSI’s Kitty Block and Lee Steffy Jenkins, advocating using the ICJ. Later that year, among the government’s delegation (led by Senator Robert Hill) to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was HSI’s Nicola Beynon. She recalls that after Australia’s presentation (and threat), the Japanese Commissioner responded with the equivalent of a ‘bring it on.’ Nicola recounts that, emboldened by this taunt, “HSI never let up on our government in doing just that.” Four years after the Adelaide meeting, HSI brought its own legal action in the Federal Court against the Japanese whaling company, Kyodo, for slaughtering minke in Australia’s Antarctic Whale Sanctuary. Several court appearances and three years later, HSI won its battle against Kyodo. The Federal Court declared the company in breach of Australian law and ordered the hunt to stop. This judgement helped erode Japan’s tenuous claims and was guilty verdict no. 1!
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After considerable political and public pressure (along with that from other NGOs) our government finally commenced application with the ICJ in 2010. This resulted in guilty verdict no.2! I must also acknowledge that what Senator Hill foreshadowed in 2000, Prime Minster Rudd and Environment Minister Garrett (along with Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, QC) triggered some 10 years later. It’s also important to note the role of long-term legal advisers to numerous governments: Bill Campbell QC, Henry Burmester, and long-time Australian Commissioner to the IWC, Donna Petrachenko. As an IWC delegate (England, 1982) when the whaling moratorium was established, this is a personally pleasing victory. Since the ban began in 1986, Japanese whalers have gone on killing over 10,000 whales in the Southern Ocean so this ICJ verdict is the sweetest. HSI Director, Michael Kennedy
Japan won’t hunt the Southern Ocean in 2014/15 but could be planning to resume killing in Antarctica in 2015/16.
From the directors’ desk
Saving one of our great hunters from falling prey to others The last few months of our 20th birthday have been as active as ever at HSI, including some good wins battling with conservative federal and state governments that give little priority to wildlife protection and animal welfare. First however, please accept our admiration for the amazing response to our appeal to help protect the critical Kitenden Wildlife Corridor in Kenya. It is designed to protect the Amboseli Ecosystem and a vast range of animals, including much-threatened lion populations. Our good news includes a victory earlier in the International Court of Justice in The Hague. In a case brought by Australia, they found the Japanese government was illegally killing whales in the Antarctic sanctuary. HSI helped kick off this process way back in 2000 (see the front page for a potted history of our campaign). Following HSI’s complaints to the ACCC* over consumer fraud and cruelty in the egg industry they have agreed to prioritise the issue and seek some form of national standards. Our campaiging has continued by finalising arrangements with a new major (and true) free-range producer to get eggs in Coles supermarkets by year end. It’s a big victory for HSI, consumers and animal welfare. Our investigations have also unwittingly enabled the ACCC to root out alleged cartel behaviour by the Australian Egg Corporation and others (see page 4).
* Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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And in a penultimate victory, the state, territory and Commonwealth Consumer Affairs ministers have agreed to develop national ‘free range egg’ standards. This agreement is in light of court outcomes resulting from ACCC investigations (one of which was instigated by HSI and for which we will call on your help soon). More good news: we have also convinced the federal Minister for the Environment to reject crocodile safari hunting (and the exporting of ‘trophy kills’) in the Northern Territory. With the minister’s ‘no’ on welfare grounds, HSI has successfully fought this issue for 20 years. Please go to page 6 and then write to the federal environment minister urging protection under national law of 14 essential wildlife habitats at the upcoming World Parks Congress in Sydney. And also go to page 10 to see the results of our National Pork Survey. Next, we must congratulate Joan Pearson on receiving a Queen’s Honour for her unstinting fundraising (page 10). Sadly, we must also salute Bill Wiseman (ex-Chairman of the Board of The Humane Society of the United States and HSI). He passed away at 93 and was a great, great friend of HSI Australia (page 10). Finally, thank you for your continuing faith in HSI and our campaigns, we look forward to further victories with your support.
Michael Kennedy
Verna Simpson
DIRECTOR, HSI
DIRECTOR, HSI
The Kitenden Corridor adds nearly 6,500 hectares to the Amboseli National Park, Kenya Wildlife Land Trust: you can join with as little as one acre of natural habitat, see how at wildlifelandtrust.org.au
Things are looking up for Kenya’s lions Thank you for the brilliant response to our recent appeal to help create and protect Kenya’s Kitenden Wildlife Corridor and its precious wildlife; especially the lion. Because of your generosity we can make a vital financial contribution to this sanctuary, together with our long-term conservation partners in Africa, the Born Free Foundation and the African Wildlife Foundation. This corridor is a critical dispersal area between Kenya’s Amboseli
Gaining members and momentum
Ecosystem and Tanzania’s West Kilimanjaro Ecosystem and, as noted in our appeal, it teems “with charismatic herbivores and large carnivores, including lion, cheetah, leopard, spotted hyena, elephant, buffalo, kudu, eland, gerenuk, Burchell’s zebra, Maasai giraffe and Grant’s gazelle”. The corridor’s importance can’t be overstated and with your support, we can help safeguard this link between two great African states and their glorious wildlife. Once again, thank you for everything.
The Wildlife Land Trust (WLT) is going from strength to strength thanks to the frequent addition of impressive properties. And Sheoak Ridge Nature Refuge is one of them. This 66 hectare sanctuary in Far North Queensland provides habitat for a stunning variety of species including platypus, striped possums, quolls, buff-breasted paradise kingfishers, feathertail, sugar, greater and squirrel gliders, as well as 13 snake and 20 frog species. The owner intends for its riparian rainforest, open woodland and permanent, melaleuca-lined billabongs to continue being managed for their biodiversity values and eventually protect them on-title. This sanctuary could then be used to educate and inspire people to conserve habitats on private land. With 30 properties joining the program this year, WLT now has 260 refuges covering about 40,000 hectares nationwide. If you own an acre or more that provides habitat for native wildlife, sign up your land today at wildlifelandtrust.org.au It’s easy, it’s free—call us now to learn how on 1800 333 737.
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SPECIAL EXPOSÉ
Kill 450,000 hens just to drive profits ACCC alleges cartel conduct by Australian Egg Corporation The Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) requested that its producers “curtail ongoing egg production” and suggested 450,000 hens should be killed to reduce the eggs available for sale.
At a meeting in February 2012, AECL allegedly attempted to induce producers to reduce hen numbers with some producers reporting they were pressured into the culling.
Evidence of this alleged behaviour, in September 2011, was partially gathered as a result of HSI complaints to the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission).
In May this year, ACCC laid serious charges against AECL and its board members, describing their activities as attempted cartel conduct. The ACCC are concerned that AECL’s actions limited egg production.
AECL is the industry-owned peak body, funded by mandatory levies paid by producers and Federal Government monies. Its board includes major players in the industry, allowing them to dictate for their own benefit and not necessarily for all levy-paying members.
The ACCC’s allegations and the recent debacle over free-range hen stocking rates highlight how easily potentially corrupt behaviour can infiltrate an industry left to self-regulate.
Some producers felt pressured into the culling
We’ll never be a rubber stamp and we are mak On the 13 June this year it was announced the State Ministers for Fair Trading would be working together to decide on a national freerange egg code. After years of campaigning for clarity in the murky world of free-range lies, we are thrilled to hear this.
(AECL) application for a Certification Trademark. This had allowed them to increase stocking densities for layer hens from 1500 per hectare (as per the Model Code of Practice) to a staggering 20,000. The game was changing
Our Truth in Labelling campaign began in 2010 with the industry keen to cash in on consumer desire to buy ethical produce with big producers eager for a slice of this ethical pie. But, rather than committing to what consumers expected from free-range production, they just shifted the goal posts so ‘free-range’ matched their intensive production systems.
With our campaigning focussed on the industry and the government, we were invited to attend the Egg Labelling Forum by the NSW Minister for Agriculture, Katrina Hodgkinson. We were to represent true free-range producers but it became apparent that our real role was to ‘tick the box’ for just being present and thereby be seen to approve the changes.
In March 2011 we went to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) about the Australian Egg Corporation Limited’s
Not wanting to be part of any rubber-stamping and driven by the need
Address all ministers c/o Parliament House in your state: NSW The Hon. Matthew Mason-Cox MLC, Minister for Fair Trading (NSW) office@mason-cox.minister.nsw.gov.au QLD The Hon. Jarrod Bleijie MP, Attorney-General & Minister for Justice (QLD) attorney@ministerial.qld.gov.au VIC The Hon. Heidi Victoria MP, Minister for Consumer Affairs (VIC) heidi.victoria@parliament.vic.gov.au SA The Hon. Gail Gago MLC, Minister for Business Services & Consumers (SA) minister.gago@sa.gov.au
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SHINING SOME LIGHT ON MURKY PRACTICES
Excitingly, one of HSI’s Humane Choice certified egg producers will be stocked in Coles supermarkets by August.
Humane Choice Eggs in Coles by August
Buckleberry Farm is a commercial, true free-range chicken farm in Winchelsea, Victoria. Owner Garry Bowkett recognised the potential of free-range eggs and also wanted his farm to care for its hens. His expertise has seen low stocking densities combined with animal welfare principles hit production not typically seen on free-range farms. Every aspect has been thought through, down to soil type and the slope of the land. Purpose-built, mobile sheds allow for farm rotation while hens enjoy a temperature-controlled nesting environment. Plant species have been chosen for grazing hens and an irrigation scheme ensures grasses are maintained. Sheds are on individual 3hectare paddocks and house 2,500 hens. While there are four sheds operating, another ten are under construction and eventually 60 sheds will house 150,000 hens. Buckleberry Farm’s market acceptance is down to its independent farm certification. Garry Bowkett and Humane Choice were a natural partnership and we are thrilled they’re certified. Look for them at your Coles.
Say it ain’t so, Saskia… In June, 2014 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) proclaimed Saskia Beer’s Barossa Farm Produce had made false and misleading claims as to the heritage Berkshire, black and free range pork used in its Black Pig products. Her products were not from Berkshire (or other heritage breeds) and weren’t free range. Disappointingly, there was no fine but the ACCC has demanded Ms Beer’s website acknowledges her fault and it holds her accountable should it happen again.
“…Barossa Farm Produce made false or misleading representations…” SASKIA BEER.COM
king progress—please help us to keep it up to see truth in labelling, we took our concerns to the ACCC and a new chapter began. The ACCC were expected to review and accept the AECL’s application for a Certified Trademark but when they called for public submissions we knew the issue was being taken seriously, finally. We sent complaints about false and misleading advertising by individual egg producers to the ACCC and some are now working their way through the system. Hopefully, the rulings will help the Fair Trading Ministers produce an acceptable legislated standard. In December 2013 we wrote to all ministers attending the December Legislative and Governance Forum of Consumer Affairs, advising them of current industry issues and calling for truth in labelling with a legal
definition of ‘free range’ eggs being tabled at the meeting. They’ve now said it is on the agenda for their next meeting. You were a big part of this. Members and supporters sent in 40,000 postcards and this helped drive awareness. Now we need to build on this success: help us protect true free-range producers AND the chickens. Please write to your state ministers urging that standards dicating stocking at 1,500 hens per hectare be enshrined in law. Below are the contact details for your minister.
WA The Hon. Michael Mischin MLC, Minister for Commerce (WA) Minister.Mischin@dpc.wa.gov.au TAS Dr Vanessa Goodwin MLC, Minister for Justice (TAS) vanessa.goodwin@parliament.tas.gov.au ACT The Hon. Katy Gallagher MLA, Chief Minister (ACT) gallagher@act.gov.au NT Hon. Johan Wessel Elferink MLA, Attorney-General & Minister for Justice (NT) Minister.Elferink@nt.gov.au
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Threatened Ecological Communities Banksia dominated woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain bio-region Cooks River and Castlereagh ironbark forest of the Sydney basin bio-region
CRITICAL HABITATS
Eucalypt woodlands of the Western Australian wheatbelt Hinterland sand flats forests and woodlands of the Sydney Basin bio-region Hunter Valley remnant woodlands and open forests
The minister is looking for advice, let’s ensure he gets the very best.
Natural grasslands of the South Gippsland Plains Natural temperate grasslands of the southern tablelands of NSW/ACT Posidonia seagrass meadows Shale-sandstone transition forest Weeping myall-coobah-scrub wilga shrubland of the Hunter valley Heritage Places Beekeepers-Leseur-Coomallo Chillagoe Karst Region Coral Sea Fitzgerald River Ravensthorpe
Leading up to November’s prestigious World Conservation Union’s World Parks Congress (Sydney), we want the Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt, to announce or foreshadow the protection of 14 conservation areas.
whether these places require protection. Urge him to list all of these important wildlife places under the EPBC Act in the lead up to and/or during the World Parks Congress (you can just attach the list (above) to your letter or scan it into your e-mail.
Ten of these highly endangered or biologically important areas were proposed by HSI scientific nominations for protection under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999 (EPBC Act).
Please write to: The Hon. Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, PO Box 6022, House of Representatives, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 or by e-mail to: Greg.Hunt.MP@aph.gov.au
The Commonwealth’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee is due to advise the minister before the end of December as to
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Nominations that must be included in this year’s Finalised Priority Assessment: Threatened Ecological Communities Freshwater Floodplains of the Timor Sea drainage division Swamp oak (Casuarina glauca) Coastal floodplain forest
WOMBATS, WETLANDS AND WHITETIPS
Bangalay Sand Forest of the Sydney basin, South East Corner and East Gippsland bio-regions Banded ironstone formation vegetation complex of the Yalgoo, Coolgardie and Avon wheatbelt bio-regions Threatened Species Southern hairy-nosed wombat
Time is running out to get them on this year’s list — please help.
Oceanic whitetip shark Key Threatening Process Fatal injury to marine mammals, reptiles and other large marine species through boat strike
HSI and the Wildlife Land Trust have nominated four threatened ecosystems for protection under Commonwealth environment law.
for the southern hairy-nosed wombat and the oceanic whitetip shark and their vulnerability to human-generated factors.
Part of our annual Threatened Ecological Community nomination program, this year we’re focusing on freshwater floodplains (NT), ironstone formations (WA), and coastal floodplains and sand flats forest (southern NSW).
A verdict on our nominations is expected soon so your support is key in getting Minister Hunt to include our nominations on this year’s Finalised Priority Assessment List. Please write to: The Hon. Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, PO Box 6022, House of Representatives, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600
With threats including land clearing, mining and invasive species, it’s crucial for HSI/WLT’s nominations to drive interest in conserving these habitats and their inhabitants.
or by e-mail to: Greg.Hunt.MP@aph.gov.au
Other HSI submissions included threatened species nominations
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No great white sharks and no proof or reason for the killing
In our last issue, HSI reported on the newly introduced WA policy to kill sharks to reduce attacks on humans. We’ve maintained considerable focus on shark control programs (we also object to the long-running programs in NSW and Qld) as they have major impact on harmless marine life and yet can’t show any proven reduction in the risk to ocean users. In 2003 HSI successfully obtained the joint listing of the NSW Shark Meshing Program as a Key Threatening Process (KTP) under both the NSW Fisheries Management Act, 1995 and the Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995. This was official and scientific recognition that shark nets were a major threat to marine life but governments have done little to take this issue seriously.
Recently however, sharks and shark-control programs have become a focus point, locally and globally. And HSI has, as always, been actively engaged in this public debate. HSI has supported billboards and other efforts against the WA shark cull, in coalition with other groups, to drive the protest. And thanks must go to the thousands of HSI supporters who responded to our call to action. From the letters sent to Commonwealth Environment Minister Greg Hunt and the WA Government, much of the Australian public and the world oppose the killing and aren’t looking favourably on WA. Of the 180 animals caught on drumlines, 172 were sharks, seven were stingrays and also one Northwest blowfish. Sadly, a breakdown reveals 163 were tiger sharks, one a bull shark, one spinner, one undetermined
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Tiger sharks are not known to attack people but the WA government killed 163 of them HSI’s Australian supporters responded mightily and our Washington office saw another 33,000 email their agreeance
species and five federally-protected mako sharks. Sixty-seven were killed or found dead and 18 (27%) of these were smaller than the targetted three-plus metres. But not a single one of the targetted great whites. Thankfully, the drumlines are out now until the end of April. But, while the killing is suspended for winter, our work is not over as it’s proposed drumlines be used from 15 November–30 April for another three years. Their proposal is under assessment and HSI has sought clarification of the federal government’s national/international obligations in great white conservation. And how the WA, NSW and Queensland shark control programs impact on these. We will continue to oppose all shark control programs and draw the world’s attention to Australia’s failure to conserve its marine life.
Please write to Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt MP, asking for help in meeting our domestic and international commitments by ending all shark control programs. Non-lethal measures can be used to keep the already low risk of shark bites to ocean users. And ask WA Premier Colin Barnett to reconsider three more years of culling. We must stop this unnecessary killing, write to: The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for the Environment, PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 or by email to: Greg.Hunt.MP@environment.gov.au and to: The Honourable Colin Barnett MLA, 1 Parliament Place, West Perth WA 6005 Please send any replies to us
In March this year, HSI welcomed Federal Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt’s rejection of the Northern Territory Government’s planned safari hunting of saltwater crocodiles.
Unfortunately, the Management Program for the Saltwater Crocodile in the Northern Territory of Australia, 2014-2015 expires at the end of 2015, potentially triggering yet another application for safari hunting.
HSI has campaigned against hunting and export of crocodile trophies since 1994 as it resurfaces every three years or so, with the Territory Government putting forward the same proposal. Their most recent one came in 2012 and we’ve been anxiously awaiting this verdict.
HSI will continue opposing any future requests to ensure Australia’s long-held drive for non-lethal alternatives extends to protect its own saltwater crocodiles.
Australia is at the forefront in promoting a non-lethal approach to our wildlife (shown by campaigning against Japan’s lethal whaling), so the ‘safari’ was rightly adjudged as outdated, cruel and inhumane. Again. The NT Government must consider other avenues, particularly with ecotourism which could provide long term income for indigenous communities, using its wondrous, large saltwater crocodiles as a draw.
Many thanks to all HSI supporters who wrote to the minister urging him to deny the proposal.
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NATIONAL PORK SURVEY Producers telling porkies and confusing their market
…likely they have lived indoors with only token access to an overcrowded dirt lot
Our National Pork Survey makes one thing clear about the labelling of free range pork: we’re all confused. Animal welfare remains the key driver in choosing free range products with 98% of participants holding pigs’ well-being as an important buying decision. But things blur when buyers are asked what they expect from labels using ‘free’ or ‘free range’. 76% think ‘bred free range’ means the pigs have unrestricted outdoor access. Unfortunately, it means only the sow (mother pig) lives and gives birth outdoors, her offspring are raised indoors after weaning. 63% of participants also took products labelled with ‘free range’ to be derived from pigs that are raised freely on pasture in paddocks. The truth is unless these pigs are Humane Choice (and therefore truly ‘free range’) it’s likely they’ve lived indoors with only token access to an overcrowded dirt lot.
Not surprisingly, over half of respondents believe that ‘sowstall free’ means just that, never confined in a sowstall. Sadly, the Australian Pork Industry standard determines that sows held in sowstalls for a period after weaning can still be ‘sowstall free’. Farrowing (giving birth) crates are also allowed under this standard. However, one thing’s clear: the producers are damaging their own market. 22% of respondents no longer buy pork because they do not trust or are confused by misleading labelling. Consumers are trying to make ethical purchases in buying free range pork but the lack of an enforceable definition is confusing them. While our survey shows this, it also highlights the consumer as well-intended with 96% of respondents supporting national legislation to define all ‘free range’ claims.
Vale Bill Wiseman An inspiration and a true friend
Royal honour for a right royal supporter HSI congratulates Joan Pearson, long-time supporter and fund-raiser extraordinaire, on her 2014 Queens Honour for service to animal welfare and wildlife fundraising efforts. Joan was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for many, many years of fundraisers, raising millions of dollars for animal welfare in Australia and the world. HSI is particularly grateful for her ongoing financial support for leopard and elephant protection projects (through Wildlife SOS, India) and lions and rhinos at SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa. Congratulations and enormous thanks to Joan!
We are very sad to say goodbye to Bill Wiseman, the ex-Chair of the Board of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)/HumaneSocietyInternational(HSI).Hispassing at 93 in June has seen us lose a great, great friend. Bill and wife Madge began with HSUS in 1966 and he remained an active adviser and supporter. As an ex-Mobil Oil man, Bill recognised the need for global reach and management and backed the development of Humane Society International in 1991 and was critical to HSI Australia’s establishment . Bill chaired the HSUS Board from 1987–1994, the year HSI Australia began. Always in contact, his inspiration, leadership – and most of all friendship–will be acutely missed. As Wayne Pacelle, the current President and CEO of HSUS recently stated, Bill “was a humanitarian and a gentleman, through and through”.
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Conservation and Animal Welfare Ministers
Federal Prime Minister The Honourable Tony Abbott MP PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: (02) 6277 7700 Fax: (02) 6273 4100 Visit www.pm.gov.au and use the ‘Contact Your PM’ facility. Minister for the Environment The Honourable Greg Hunt MP PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: (02) 6277 7920 Fax: (02) 6273 7330 greg.hunt.mp@environment.gov.au Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency The Honourable Greg Combet AM MP PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: (02) 6277 7920 Fax: (02) 6273 7330 greg.combet.mp@aph.gov.au Minister for Agriculture The Honourable Barnaby Joyce PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: (02) 6277 7520 Fax: (02) 6273 4120 barnaby.joyce@aph.gov.au Leader of the Opposition The Honourable Bill Shorten MP PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: (02) 6277 4022 Fax: (02) 6277 8562 bill.shorten.mp@aph.gov.au Leader of the Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne PO Box 6100 Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: (02) 6277 3170 Fax: (02) 6277 3185 senator.milne@aph.gov.au
Victoria VIC Premier The Honourable Dr Denis Napthine MLA Level 1, 1 Treasury Place MELBOURNE VIC 3002 Tel: (03) 9651 5000 Fax: (03) 9651 5054 premier@dpc.vic.gov.au Minister for Agriculture and Food Security* The Honourable Peter Walsh MP Level 20, 1 Spring Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 Tel: (03) 9637 9940 Fax: (03) 9637 8254 peter.walsh@parliament.vic.gov.au
Minister for Environment and Climate Change The Honourable Ryan Smith MP Level 17, 8 Nicholson Street MELBOURNE VIC 3002 Tel: (03) 9637 8890 Fax: (03) 9637 8880 ryan.smith@parliament.vic.gov.au
Minister for Agriculture and Food The Honourable Ken Baston MLC 4th Floor, London House, 216 St George's Terrace PERTH WA 6000 Tel: (08) 6552 5400 Fax: (08) 6552 5401 Minister.Baston@dpc.wa.gov.au
Minister for Energy and Resources The Honourable Nicholas Kotsiras MLA Level 2, 3 Treasury Place MELBOURNE VIC 3000 Tel: (03) 9938 5963 Fax: (03) 9938 5962 nicholas.kotsiras@parliament.vic.gov.au
Minister for Forestry/Water The Honourable Terry Redman MLA 9th Floor, Dumas House, 2 Havelock Street WEST PERTH WA 6005 Tel: (08) 6552 6700 Fax: (08) 6552 6701 Minister.Redman@dpc.wa.gov.au
New South Wales NSW Premier** The Honourable Mike Baird MP GPO Box 5341 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Tel: (02) 9228 5239 Fax: (02) 9228 3935 office@premier.nsw.gov.au Minister for Primary Industries* The Honourable Katrina Hodgkinson MP Level 30 Governor Macquarie Tower 1 Farrer Place SYDNEY NSW 2000 Tel: (02) 9228 5210 Fax: (02) 9228 5969 office@hodgkinson.minister.nsw.gov.au Minister for Environment and Heritage The Honourable Rob Stokes MP Level 32 Governor Macquarie Tower 1 Farrer Place SYDNEY NSW 2000 Tel: (02) 9228 5253 Fax: (02) 9228 5763 office@stokes.minister.nsw.gov.au
Queensland QLD Premier The Honourable Campbell Newman MP PO Box 15185 CITY EAST QLD 4002 Tel: (07) 3719 7000 Fax: (07) 3220 6222 thepremier@premiers.qld.gov.au Minister for Natural Resources and Mines The Honourable Andrew Cripps MP PO Box 15216 CITY EAST QLD 4002 Tel: (07) 3719 7360 Fax: (07) 3220 6232 nrm@ministerial.qld.gov.au Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry* The Honourable John McVeigh MP GPO Box 46 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Tel: (07) 3719 7560 Fax: (07) 3220 6230 daff@ministerial.qld.gov.au Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection The Honourable Andrew Powell MP GPO Box 2454 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Tel: (07) 3719 7330 Fax: (07) 3220 6231 environment@ministerial.qld.gov.au
Western Australia WA Premier The Honourable Colin Barnett MLA 1 Parliament Place WEST PERTH WA 6005 Tel: (08) 6552 5000 Fax: (08) 6552 5001 wa-government@dpc.wa.gov.au
Minister for the Environment and Heritage The Honourable Albert Jacob MLA 12th Floor, Dumas House, 2 Havelock Street WEST PERTH WA 6005 Tel: (08) 6552 5800 Fax: (08) 6552 5801 Minister.Jacob@dpc.wa.gov.au Minister for Mines and Petroleum The Honourable Bill Marmion MLA 29th Floor, Allendale Square, 77 St George’s Terrace PERTH WA 6000 Tel: (08) 6552 6800 Fax: (08) 6552 6801 Minister.Marmion@dpc.wa.gov.au Minister for Fisheries The Honourable Troy Buswell MLA 13th Floor, Dumas House, 2 Havelock Street WEST PERTH WA 6005 Tel: (08) 6552 6400 Fax: (08) 6552 6401 Minister.Buswell@dpc.wa.gov.au Minister for Local Government* The Honourable Tony Simpson MLA 8th Floor, Dumas House, 2 Havelock Street WEST PERTH WA 6005 Tel: (08) 6552 6600 Fax: (08) 6552 6601 Minister.Simpson@dpc.wa.gov.au
South Australia SA Premier The Honourable Jay Weatherill MP GPO Box 2343 ADELAIDE SA 5001 Tel: (08) 8463 3166 Fax: (08) 8463 3168 cheltenham@parliament.sa.gov.au Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries*, Minister for Forests The Honourable Leon Bignall MLC GPO Box 1671 ADELAIDE SA 5001 Tel: (08) 8226 1210 Fax: (08) 8226 0844 minister.bignell@sa.gov.au Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation The Honourable Ian Hunter MLC GPO Box 1047 ADELAIDE SA 5001 Tel: (08) 8463 5680 Fax: (08) 8463 5681 minister.hunter@sa.gov.au
Northern Territory NT Chief Minister The Honourable Adam Giles MLA GPO Box 3146 DARWIN NT 0801 Tel: (08) 8928 6500 Fax: (08) 8928 6621 Chief.Minister@nt.gov.au
Minister for Primary Industry and Fisheries The Honourable Willem Westra van Holthe MLA GPO Box 3146 DARWIN NT 0801 Tel: (08) 8928 6540 Fax: (08) 8928 6644 Minister.Westravanholthe@nt.gov.au Minister for Lands, Planning and the Environment The Honourable Peter Glen Chandler MLA GPO Box 3146 DARWIN NT 0801 Tel: (08) 8928 6553 Fax: (08) 8928 6632 Minister.Chandler@nt.gov.au Minister for Parks and Wildlife The Honourable Bess Price MLA GPO Box 3146 DARWIN NT 0801 Tel: (08) 8928 6587 Fax: (08) 8928 6594 bess.price@nt.gov.au Minister for Local Government* The Honourable David Tollner MLA GPO Box 3146 Darwin NT 0801 Telephone: (08) 8999 7540 Facsimile: (08) 8928 6613 Minister.Tollner@nt.gov.au
Tasmania TAS Premier The Honourable Will Hodgman MP 11th Floor, Executive Building 15 Murray Street HOBART TAS 7000 Tel: (03) 6165 7650 Fax: (03) 6234 1572 will.hodgman@parliament.tas.gov.au Minister for Primary Industries and Water The Honourable Jeremy Rockliffe MP 10th Floor, Executive Building 15 Murray Street HOBART TAS 7000 Tel: (03) 6165 7754 Fax: (03) 6234 1572 jeremy.rockliffe@parliament.tas.gov.au Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage* The Honourable Matthew Groom MP 10th Floor, Ministerial Office 10 Murray Street HOBART TAS 7000 Tel: (03) 6165 7739 Fax: (03) 6223 7610 matthew.groom@parliament.tas.gov.au
Australian Capital Territory ACT Chief Minister The Honourable Katy Gallagher MLA GPO Box 1020 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6205 0840 Fax: (02) 6205 3030 gallagher@act.gov.au
Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development The Honourable Simon Corbell MLA GPO Box 1020 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6205 0000 Fax: (02) 6205 0535 corbell@act.gov.au
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India ends animal testing
Dramane’s one of a kind
HSI’s Be Cruelty-Free chalks up another victory
Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA)
Our Be Cruelty-Free campaign is building around the world and now India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is to end animal testing and become South-East Asia’s first cruelty-free cosmetics’ zone. The news comes just weeks after China declared that, thanks to the Be Cruelty-Free Campaign and grants from HSI, they can revise regulations on animal testing within the year, and train scientists in non-animal testing.
SPANA, our North African project partner, helps developing countries with the welfare of working animals through free veterinary care, training and emergency response. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, they’ve had a permanent program in Mali but a lack of vets and the unsettled security has seen us having to approve the advancement of one of SPANAs part-time vet technicians into the full-time role.
Disappointingly, there is no similar legislation in Australia so ingredients for cosmetics are often imported from countries still harming animals. And while none do, there’s also no rules against companies here using animals in tests.
Fortunately, Dramane Dissa has worked with SPANA since 2010 and can cover clinical cases and is skilled in lab work and animal husbandry.
It’s a barbarous and out moded way of testing. HSI calls upon federal and state ministers to make Australia a cruelty- free zone.
He is also active in teaching children to interact with and appreciate their animals. We’re pleased that Dramane’s enthusiasm and dedication have been rewarded and we know that the real winners will be the animals now in his care.
ACTION NEEDED Write or email the federal government
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Australia must follow India and the European Union in banning the sale of cosmetics tested on animals and ban any cosmetics with ingredients newly animal-tested in other countries.
Visit our website to see which companies comply with Choose Cruelty Free’s non-animal testing criteria and support them.
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