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The latest news from Vegan Australia plus vegan and animal rights news from around Australia and the world.

Jackfruit farms may help replace animal farming
The possibilities of replacing animal products with plants are endless. For example, jackfruit has a similar texture to meat and is increasingly being used as a meat substitute. Plus, a ...
Talk on animal agriculture and the environment
Below is a talk about animal agriculture and the environment given as part of a panel discussion on "plant based eating for our future planet", part of the Vivid Ideas ...
Animal agriculture causes biodiversity loss: UN report
A new UN environmental report, which found that around 1 million species are at risk of extinction, puts much of the blame on animal agriculture, saying that the meat industry ...
Do prisoners have the right to vegan food?
What rights do people who eat a vegan diet have when they are in prison? The right to freedom of belief is given by the International Covenant on Civil and ...
Media release: "Vegan" baby neglect cases
Every year or two a story hits the headlines about a case of neglect by parents who feed their baby a "vegan" diet. While we can not comment on any ...
Vegan election test: how the parties rate
It's time for political parties to take into account the views of the 400,000 vegan Australians as well as the vast majority of Australians who are against animal cruelty and ...
ABC reports vegan call for 'suffering' label
In an item Vegans call for 'suffering' label as seafood industry slams 'fishless tuna' about a new vegan product, 'Tuno', the ABC has reported on Vegan Australia's call for honesty ...
Vegan Rising: 'Our target is the system, not farmers'
The civil disobedience actions across Australia by animal rights activists on April 8 caused a media furore and even provoked a response from Prime Minster Scott Morrison. Green Left Weekly's ...
Questions for candidates in the 2019 Federal Election
In the lead up to the 2019 Federal Election, Vegan Australia, in association with Vegan NSW, put together a list of questions to send to political parties and candidates to help us ...
Submission on vegan diet and mental health
Vegan Australia recently made a submission to a Productivity Commission inquiry into mental health. The submission detailed how a whole food plant based (vegan) diet can positively affect the mental ...
Being a young vegan living at home
Living at home as a young vegan can be hard. In this article, our guest writer on youth affairs, Sophie, gives some tips she has learned as a young vegan ...
All animal use to end worldwide
In a surprise move today, 1 April, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon announced a ban on the use of animals by humans. He said the reign of ...
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