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Our News page is a repository for all of the submissions, media releases and articles produced by the Animal Justice Party team in NSW.
Our News page is a repository for all of the submissions, media releases and articles produced by the Animal Justice Party team in NSW.
April 09, 2026
🎉 UPDATE — April 2026: Tripadvisor has reversed its assessment. Within days of this campaign launching, Tripadvisor changed the animal welfare compliance label on the Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary listing from "Meets...
March 26, 2026
Dear Supporters, Change for animals does not happen unless we fight for it. Every day, they face cruelty, exploitation, confinement, habitat loss and political indifference. At the start of the month...
February 25, 2026
🐾 The AJP National Conference is coming to NSW! Dear Supporters, In 2026, NSW will host the AJP National Conference, a powerful gathering of members from across the country united by...
February 18, 2026
Animal Justice Party NSW is proud to be an official partner of Until Every Cage is Empty, a powerful animal rights art exhibition exposing the hidden realities of animal exploitation. This multi...
January 27, 2026
Oppose DA 464/2025(1) – Proposed Orange Greyhound Racing Track, 32 Perc Griffith Way, Orange ⏰ Submissions close 5pm Tuesday 3 February 2026 What is being proposed A development application has been lodged...
January 22, 2026
2026 is here! Let’s make it a BIG year for animals 🐾 Dear Supporters, We hope you had a safe and restorative holiday period. As the new year begins, things are...
January 15, 2026
The NSW Government is proposing to rezone a large area of land at Marsden Park North, a decision that would result in the destruction of animal habitat to make way for industrial...
December 18, 2025
Dear Supporters, As we wrap up 2025, one thing stands out. This community showed up for animals again and again. This year has not been easy. Animals are still treated as...
December 02, 2025
Minor parties, including the Animal Justice Party, are often asked, 'how much can you really achieve?' The answer is: a lot! The Animal Justice Party's wins are consistently mounting. With elected representatives...
November 26, 2025
We’ve joined the open letter alongside 25+ animal welfare organisations, rescues, local community groups and leaders, calling for an end to greyhound racing at Wentworth Park. A huge community effort is underway...
November 19, 2025
The NSW Parliament is reviewing the “licence to harm” system, the process that allows people to legally injure or kill native animals. Many supporters have told us they’re shocked by how widespread...
November 13, 2025
The NSW Thoroughbred Racing Act 1996 is being reviewed for the first time in over a decade. This is your chance to push for reforms that prioritise horse welfare and accountability. Currently,...
October 15, 2025
Read our October newsletter covering the months of July, August and September! Dear Supporters, The fight for animals never stops, and that’s thanks to you. Every week brings new challenges, new truths and new reasons...
July 10, 2025
Reject the “Conservation Hunting” Bill 2025 The Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment (Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025 is a dangerous and regressive piece of legislation that seeks to expand recreational hunting in...
June 22, 2025
Read our June newsletter covering the months of April and May! Dear Supporters, Thanks to you, compassion is rising in NSW and animals are being heard 🐾 Across NSW, our members,...
April 18, 2025
Nearly 70% of Australian households share their lives with a companion animal, and in NSW alone, at least 4.7 million animals are affected by the Companion Animals Act (1998) and Companion Animals...
March 15, 2025
Read our March newsletter covering the months of December, January and February! Dear Supporters, Together, we stand strong for animals. Your passion, your determination and your voice make all the difference....
December 17, 2024
Read our Dec newsletter covering the months of October, November and 2024 overall! Thank you for standing with us, raising your voice and fighting for animals. Change is possible when we...
November 27, 2024
Emma Hurst, the MP for the Animal Justice Party, has been asked to run the Inquiry into the Management of Cat Populations in New South Wales. The Animal Justice Party (AJP) is...
October 02, 2024
Read our Oct newsletter covering the months of July, August and September2024 Dear Supporters, The last few months have been huge for animals, with amazing progress in a number of campaigns. A...
September 17, 2024
The Animal Justice Party helped bring to light an explosive report, based on findings from the former Chief Veterinary Officer of Greyhound Racing NSW. This report exposed alarming issues within the industry,...
September 04, 2024
The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF) has pushed for an inquiry into the impact of the live export ban on NSW farmers. Their goal is to reverse the ban on live...
July 16, 2024
In 2023, Australia wide, 168 Thoroughbreds died on track or shortly after as a direct result of racing, with the most common injury being a catastrophic front limb injury. New South Wales...
June 18, 2024
Today, the Animal Justice Party community hand-delivered over 300 individually signed letters to AJP MP Emma Hurst at NSW Parliament, calling for immediate legislative action to ban shark nets in New South...
September 03, 2022
In honour of Father’s Day, we sat down with Greg Keightley who has been a wildlife rescuer and carer for over 20 years. Greg is also the leader of the Animal Justice...
August 10, 2022
Animal Justice Party NSW Councillor for the City of Campbelltown Matt Stellino and dog Chloe Last night Animal Justice Party Councillor Matt Stellino moved that the City of Campbelltown no longer use...
August 09, 2022
Animal Justice Party NSW Convenor Julie Power and cat Junior Last week Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick passed his Veticare scheme proposing universal healthcare for pets and wildlife through Victorian Parliament....
August 01, 2022
We are thrilled to announce the 2022 National Conference – the Animal Justice Party's annual, members-only weekend! We'll hear from animal rights politicians, activists and thought leaders from around the world. The...
July 09, 2022
Photographer: Simon Garrod 9 July 2022 Nike continues to ignore 15 of Australia's most prominent voices for animals, who've asked them to drop "k-leather" “Joeys who eventually curled up with their cheeks...
June 15, 2022
⚡PROTEST ONLINE⚡ #Nikekangaroomassacre Our online action is an easy yet extremely powerful way to show Nike that they cannot hide: we will show the world what they are doing! All you have...
May 13, 2022
The late Jet, with Animal Justice Party lead Senate candidate Darren Brollo. Last month, Animal Justice Party Senate Candidate Darren Brollo was alerted to the case of ex-racehorse, Jet, who’d been surrendered...
May 12, 2022
Prime Minister Scott Morrison bullies a sheep. Image: AAP Only one more week till we can throw this Government out! Imagine how it will feel to say goodbye to nine long years...
April 11, 2022
Time is running out for the remaining koala populations in NSW, that are at risk of extinction from habitat destruction. And there appears to be no sustainable solution in sight.Animal Justice Party...
April 11, 2022
The Honourable Mark Pearson, leader of the Animal Justice Party, is asking locals to watch a screening of the movie Kangaroo: A love-hate story while it is being shown in Orange.It’s the...
April 07, 2022
Statement From the Animal Justice Party on Animal Activist protests to mark the anniversary of Dominion. This week’s Dominion anniversary protests sought to highlight the appalling treatment of farmed animals in Australia....
April 07, 2022
Greyhound racing and gambling are intimately connected. This inevitably leads to overbreeding and the killing of healthy dogs. The industry has also demonstrated a level of mendacity and cruelty that indicates it...
April 07, 2022
The AJP acknowledges that non-native animal species, introduced to Australia by people for varying activities, are modifying the environment, competing with native species and contributing to biodiversity loss and ecosystem decline. While...
April 01, 2022
A message from Animal Justice Party President Angela Pollard, as she contemplates the disastrous suffering around her in Lismore, surrounded by catastrophic floods.
March 11, 2022
Deliberately engaging in violence against animals during warfare should be declared a war crime under the Geneva Convention, the Animal Justice Party says. Darren Brollo, Lead Senate Candidate for the Animal Justice...
January 24, 2022
One of Australia’s most experienced animal advocates, Frankie Seymour, is standing for the Animal Justice Party in the 2022 Monaro by-election. 40 years ago, Frankie served on the Sea Shepherd, saving whales,...
June 01, 2021
When the Dutch Party for the Animals first entered Parliament, they were ridiculed with an onslaught of moos, meows and woofs from the other politicians and the press. That was 16 years...
May 01, 2021
Australia is home to the only wild herds of dromedary camels in the world. Brought here against their will by colonists and later released into the wild, camels in Australia are now...
March 01, 2021
Across NSW, animal agribusiness is increasingly erecting taller and stronger fences, covering enormous distances and stopping the movement of animals. They might seem innocuous, but these exclusion fences are a silent killer,...
February 01, 2021
The idea of eating meat grown in a test tube may sound like the futuristic stuff of science fiction, but thanks to several forward-thinking start-ups, it’s one animal-friendly food revolution that’s almost...
January 01, 2021
Intensive animal agribusiness isn’t just costing billions of animal lives, it also comes with a high cost to human health: a price state governments in Australia seem intent on paying. How is...
January 01, 2021
Wombat populations are under continued pressure from reduction of habitat from land clearing, road mortality, illegal shooting and now, growing rates of disease - specifically Sarcoptic Mange (Sarcoptes scabiei), more commonly known...
November 01, 2020
Pigs are as playful as dogs and as intelligent as three-year-old children. Yet, to most of us, they are out of sight, and out of mind. But here in Australia, around 5...
October 01, 2020
Earlier this year, a 2-year old Kelpie-cross was found lying next to a busy road in Western Sydney. Her muzzle was taped shut, she had deep wounds across her body, no collar...
October 01, 2020
In 2015, an investigation by Four Corners exposed the greyhound racing industry to be rife with animal cruelty: live baiting, deliberate and systematic overbreeding of dogs, and cheating on a grand scale....
September 01, 2020
Over 60 million mink are slaughtered for their fur each and every year - and with COVID-19 infections now running rampant in mink farms, the situation couldn't be worse for these suffering...
September 01, 2020
Fish feel pain, they are self-aware, they remember, they build relationships and exhibit emotional responses. Deliberately inflicting pain and suffering on these animals is inexcusable. Find out more about the science behind...
August 01, 2020
Later this year, agriculture ministers from NSW and across Australia will come together to define the future of 10 million egg-laying hens stuck in barren cages. What can you do to help...
August 01, 2020
There is growing public disapproval about the use of wild animals in entertainment, yet in NSW there are still exotic animals performing in the circus ring despite the growing public outcry. What...
July 01, 2020
The mythologising of the dairy industry by industry bodies hides an ugly truth: it relies on impregnating dairy cows and denying calves their mother’s milk. Learn more about the realities of the dairy...
June 21, 2020
The Animal Justice Party strongly supports the development of a modern, compassionate animal protection framework that recognises the sentience of animals and the intrinsic worth of each animal, regardless of their assigned...
June 01, 2020
Kangaroos are a keystone species that are fundamental to effective bushfire management. So why does the NSW Government insist on culling them and allow them to be slaughtered by the commercial industry?...
May 01, 2020
The Animal Justice Party is the first and only political party in Australia giving animals a political voice - but around the world there are a growing number of animal parties successfully...
April 01, 2020
As we all grapple with the global impacts of the newest coronavirus (covid-19), it’s important not to lose sight of the fact that like other serious pandemics and epidemics, this disease has...
March 01, 2020
Millions of animals including primates, cats, dogs and native animals are still being bred and used for cruel research and experimentation in Australia.
February 17, 2020
Joined by NSW MP Emma Hurst, the Animal Justice Party Illawarra Regional Group, Wollongong Animal Save and animal lovers across the Illawarra region are set to descend on the controversial Stardust Circus...
February 01, 2020
1080 is an odourless, colourless and tasteless poison. Used extensively in Australia despite being classified as a “weapon of mass destruction”, millions of toxic 1080 baits are currently being dropped by our...
December 21, 2019
We completely reject the view that native animals such as kangaroos should be slaughtered for the commercial trade in meat and skins. Our goal is to rapidly phase out the commercial killing...
November 28, 2019
The AJP is of the view that the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (POCTAA) is an inadequate, inappropriate and outdated legal framework to prevent cruelty to animals. The Act is fundamentally...
November 22, 2019
The ‘captive animal industry’ justifies its existence by claiming that it is not just providing entertainment but also education to the public. Exotic animals in captivity are significantly impeded from expressing their...
November 09, 2019
Outraged community members from across the Hunter Valley have joined together today to protest against local member and Shadow Minister for Agriculture Jenny Aitchison’s support for the ongoing suffering of hens within...
August 08, 2019
Animal Justice Party MP Mark Pearson has today secured a long overdue parliamentary inquiry into NSW animal welfare investigation and enforcement powers, which the community recognises as failing. Mr Pearson has been...
July 24, 2019
The upcoming NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Battery Cage Hens has the potential to open a can of worms, exposing the failures of decades worth of animal welfare science in Australia and resulting...
July 22, 2019
The Animal Justice Party has slammed the Berejiklian Government’s decision to put in place new penalties prosecuting animal rights activists today, saying that the decision is regressive and goes against community expectations....
July 11, 2019
The Animal Justice Party NSW expressed its disapproval of the Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019 today, stating that it was a bandaid response to underlying community concerns regarding animal abuse...
July 09, 2019
The Animal Justice Party NSW has hit back at the State Government today regarding their plans to ease restrictions on shooting deer, saying that the knee-jerk response is irresponsible, unethical, and sets...
August 30, 2018
MEDIA RELEASE – 30/08/2018PSYCHOLOGIST AND LAWYER BOTH READY TO SHAKE UP NSW PARLIAMENT Animal Justice Party Announce NSW Upper House Candidates The Animal Justice Party (AJP) is pleased to announce that...
May 24, 2018
MEDIA RELEASE – Thursday 24 May 2018Stardust Circus will continue to be able to use public land in the Hills Shire for its shows. News that comes as a blow to concerned...
