Noosa 360

Our advocacy has continued for an earlier transition from battery caged eggs to cage-free systems. With a new state government after the October 2024 election, we wrote to the Minister for Primary Industries requesting their position and an update on…

Sandy has continued advocacy with the Queensland Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries for a quicker transition of the banning of battery caged eggs. As mentioned in our February 2023 Noosa 360 update, the Independent Poultry Welfare Panel completed…

Last year the Independent Poultry Welfare Panel completed its work developing a new Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry and these standards would replace existing voluntary model codes of conduct and would ban battery caged eggs, with introduction…

In response to combined resident and representative advocacy over many years, recent work undertaken on new poultry welfare standards in Australia is important, as we now have a concrete proposal to ban caged egg production. The Independent Poultry Welfare Panel…

A month of transit hence a late edition! With three sittings of Parliament, adjusting to our ‘transitory’ office and accommodation due to Parliamentary Annex works, and travelling with my committee to north QLD, my bags are permanently packed! A special…

The Estimates Hearings follow the presentation of the Queensland 2023 Budget and gives an opportunity for Members of Parliament to ‘drill’ down into the details on how funds are being spent, or not spent. As part of efforts to see…