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

Vegan farmed animal sanctuaries
Just a few years ago there were only a handful of farmed animal sanctuaries in Australia. Now they can be found in nearly all states of Australia. These sanctuaries care ...
Vegan Australia launches Save A Sanctuary Drought Appeal
Vegan Australia has launched the Save A Sanctuary Drought Appeal to help farmed animal sanctuaries affected by the current drought. Every dollar raised will be used to help animals with ...
Support grows for 13 charged over open rescue of suffering hens
On 21 June 2018 an open rescue attempt was made to save hens suffering under horrific conditions on a "free range" egg farm in Lakesland, NSW. The rescue was attempted ...
Echoes - a song sparked by a pig on her way to slaughter
Adelaide singer Millie Austen attended last year's five day vigil at Diamond Valley Pork, Victoria's largest pig slaughterhouse, where she witnessed hundreds of pigs being trucked to their deaths. Here ...
Unions push for animal farming ban
We have published articles like this before, such as "Animal farming to be banned in New South Wales, Baird Government announces". This time we will make sure to let you ...
Help get Dominion released on Netflix
Video is one of the most effective ways to educate people about animal rights and veganism. Documentaries such as Cowspiracy, Earthlings, Lucent, What the Health and Forks Over Knives have ...
But what about plants?
"Plants tho!" You've probably heard it before: plants feel pain and therefore somehow that makes eating animals OK! This article looks at the background of this claim and some of ...
March to Close All Slaughterhouses 2018
Next week on Saturday 16 June 2018, Australians across the country will join together and march to raise awareness for the millions of farmed animals whose lives are cut short ...
The ethics of cultured meat
Is it ethical to grow cultured meat to feed the world's population? Or is this the wrong question to be asking? Recent reports have claimed that cultured meat may be ...
Coles: stand up to meat industry pressure over environment message
After pressure from the meat industry, Coles has removed the statement "eating less meat is good for the environment" from their website. The full story is below, but you can ...
Survey request for vegan activism research
An honours student at the University of Queensland's School of Psychology, Ella Cotterell, is doing research into collective activism by vegans, looking at the ways vegans choose to be active ...
Don't read the comments...
Social media can be a great place for animal advocacy: it bypasses the mainstream media system, it is followed widely by younger people, and it allows anyone to educate their ...
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