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Scope

This long-running select committee presented a succession of reports on matters relating to animal welfare in Australia. Inquiries included dolphins and whales in captivity, the export of live sheep, kangaroos, animal experimentation, the racing industry and the culling of large feral animals in the Northern Territory.

Chairs

George Georges
qldALP; IND –

John Joseph Morris

nswALP –

Arthur Ray Devlin
tasALP –

Bryant Robert Burns
qldALP –

Sequence

Animal Welfare
Rural and Regional Affairs
1983
14.285714285714
28.571428571429
42.857142857143
57.142857142857
71.428571428571
85.714285714286
100
1991
Select Committee on Animal Welfare hearing evidence from witnesses at a public hearing of its inquiry into kangaroos, 14 May 1986. Seated facing camera L-R: Senator David Brownhill, Paul Barsdell [Secretary], Senators George Georges, Barney Cooney and Norm Sanders. Seated with backs to camera L-R: Witnesses Bob Spanswick [General Secretary, Customs Officers Association of Australia] and B.J. Wallett [Consultant, RSPCA].

Select Committee on Animal Welfare hearing evidence from witnesses at a public hearing of its inquiry into kangaroos, 14 May 1986. Seated facing camera L-R: Senator David Brownhill, Paul Barsdell [Secretary], Senators George Georges, Barney Cooney and Norm Sanders. Seated with backs to camera L-R: Witnesses Bob Spanswick [General Secretary, Customs Officers Association of Australia] and B.J. Wallett [Consultant, RSPCA].
Select Committee on Animal Welfare, 14 May 1986. L-R: Senator David Brownhill, Paul Barsdell [Secretary], Senators George Georges, Barney Cooney and Norm Sanders.

Select Committee on Animal Welfare, 14 May 1986. L-R: Senator David Brownhill, Paul Barsdell [Secretary], Senators George Georges, Barney Cooney and Norm Sanders.
Senator Paul Calvert holding a bilby tabled by Officers of the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory at the Alice Springs hearing of the Select Committee on Animal Welfare inquiry into feral animals in the Northern Territory, 22 November 1990.

Senator Paul Calvert holding a bilby tabled by Officers of the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory at the Alice Springs hearing of the Select Committee on Animal Welfare inquiry into feral animals in the Northern Territory, 22 November 1990.

Reports

Date tabled Title Read report
Export of Live Sheep from Australia Parliamentary paper number 326/1985 Document icon
Dolphins and Whales in Captivity Parliamentary paper number 498/1985 Document icon
Kangaroos Parliamentary paper number 109/1988 Document icon
Animal Experimentation Parliamentary paper number 396/1989 Document icon
Sheep Husbandry Parliamentary paper number 397/1989 Document icon
Intensive Livestock Production Parliamentary paper number 94/1990 Document icon
The Racing Industry (Interim Report) Document icon
Culling of Large Feral Animals in the Northern Territory Parliamentary paper number 480/1991 Document icon
Aspects of Animal Welfare in the Racing Industry Parliamentary paper number 481/1991 Document icon
Equine Welfare in Competitive Events other than Racing Parliamentary paper number 485/1991 Document icon
Transport of Livestock within Australia Parliamentary paper number 484/1991 Document icon