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Just because humans have the power to exploit animals doesn't mean it is right. Animals value their own life and body and have an interest in continuing their existence and ...

Vegan Australia has launched a comprehensive and up-to-date listing of vegan and animal rights events, including social, educational and advocacy events. Each state of Australia is represented as well as ...

Commonly referred to as "the Australian Earthlings", Lucent is a feature-length documentary which explores the darker side of Australia's pig farming industry through a combination of hand-held and hidden camera ...

Media release: Vegan Australia has made a submission to the public consultation into the proposed welfare standards for "exhibited animals" (animals kept in zoos, aquariums, etc). Most of the other ...

It's good to see we are getting some coverage of our "Sam, leave the lambs alone this Australia Day" media release. Here is an article in The West Australian based ...

Would you like to be part of getting the vegan message out to thousands of young people? Chelsea Collins is touring Australia for Vegan Outreach and is handing out leaflets ...

Tickets sales are very strong for Dr Will Tuttle's tour of Australia next month. Some cities are close to capacity so please book now at http://www.willtuttletour.org.au/ to avoid missing out. ...

Today there was an intriguing piece in the Fairfax media, No sacred cows: let me eat whale for dinner, by potential vegan, Michael Evans. In it he discusses the inconsistency ...

"But You Kill Ants" by John Waddell is an excellent guide to all the questions you might be asked as a vegan. John has allowed us to put online his extensively ...

This is a transcript of a talk given by Greg McFarlane, Director of Vegan Australia, to members of Animal Rights Advocates in Perth on 23 February 2013. The talk briefly ...

A new Australian vegan book by Silva Mirovics, "Handbook for the Aussie Vegan", is now available in paperback and eBook. It contains a foreword by Mr Phil Wollen, articles about ...

This is a submission on the Public Consultation Draft of the environmental appendix to the Australian Dietary Guidelines.  The environmental appendix was added after the public consultation of the initial ...