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Submission on NSW's Net Zero Bill

Vets for Climate Action welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission into the inquiry on the NSW Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Bill 2023. We provided the following recommendations: 1. Use Science-Based and Strengthened...

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Submission to prohibit mining and development of offshore oil, gas, and mineral resources in NSW

Vets for Climate Action welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission into the inquiry of the Minerals Legislation Amendment (Offshore Drilling and Associated Infrastructure Prohibition) Bill 2023 (the Bill) which seeks to the...

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Submission on Otway Basin Seismic Survey

Vets for Climate Action welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) on the Otway Basin 3D Multi-client Marine Seismic Survey. NOPSEMA were seeking...

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Submission to Nature Repair Market Bill 2023

Vets for Climate Action welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee's enquiry into the Nature Repair Market Bill and and the Nature Repair Market (Consequential...

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Submission to NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act Review

Vets for Climate Action welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the review of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. We recommended the Biodiversity Conservation Act becomes the overarching legislation to...

Submission to the enquiry on the Safeguard Mechanism

VfCA welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the Federal Government's request for feedback on Reforms of the Safeguard Mechanism. We commend the Government on their progress towards addressing climate change and...

VfCA's Submission to NSW Environment Protection Authority

"The EPA’s Policy and Action Plan recognises that communities, businesses and the economy can, to some degree, adjust and adapt to the existing and anticipated effects of climate change. However most animals...

Submission to Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications

VfCA gave a submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications Download PDF here

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National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy 2021

The National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy is set to be updated at the end of the year, after being initially introduced in 2015. VfCA welcomes this update and is keen to...

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Beetaloo Basin Fracking

In early July 2021, the Australian government awarded 3 grants totalling $21 million to a gas company seeking to frack the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory. Vets for Climate Action are...

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Kurri Kurri Gas Power Plant Submission

This week VfCA submitted to the NSW Government objecting to the proposal by Snowy Hydro Ltd. to build a new gas fired power station at Kurri Kurri. It can be read here....

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Review of the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 Queensland

The Queensland Government is reviewing the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 (the ACPA) 20 years since it was first introduced. VfCA has responded with a submission highlighting that the climate crisis is an...

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Tasmania's Climate Change Act Review

A four-yearly independent review into the Climate Change Act 2008 for Tasmania commenced in February 2021. The submission by VfCA, prepared by volunteer and local Tasmanian Dr Janet Berry can be read...