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Animal welfare policy in New South Wales

The inquiry into animal welfare policy in New South Wales was referred to the State Development Committee by The Hon. Adam Marshall MP, Minister for Agriculture and Western New South Wales.

The inquiry relates to the NSW Government's draft Animal Welfare Bill 2022, a copy of which can be accessed here.

Video recordings of hearings where available can be found on the NSW Parliament's YouTube channel.

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Terms of reference - Animal welfare policy in New South Wales

Date	Milestone
25 Nov 2021	Referred
28 Feb 2022	Submissions closed
16 Mar 2022	Hearing - Preston Stanley Room, Parliament House, Sydney
21 Mar 2022	Hearing - Preston Stanley Room, Parliament House, Sydney
15 Jun 2022	Interim Report
12 Sep 2022	Government Response to Interim Report
15 Sep 2022	Government Response to Interim Report due

Date	Venue Details
16/03/2022	Preston Stanley Room, Parliament House, Sydney		Schedule	Transcript
21/03/2022	Preston Stanley Room, Parliament House, Sydney		Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report no. 48 - Standing Committee on State Development - Animal welfare policy in NSW - First report (PDF)	12/09/2022
	Report no. 48 - Standing Committee on State Development - Animal welfare policy in NSW - First report (PDF)	15/06/2022	Due 15/09/2022

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2022-06-15	15/06/2022	Media Release	First report into proposed animal welfare legislation
2022-05-06	06/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Animal League of NSW
2022-05-06	06/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Animal Defenders Office
2022-05-05	05/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	University of New South Wales
2022-05-05	05/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	RSPCA NSW
2022-05-05	05/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Animal Care Australia
2022-05-05	05/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Australian Veterinary Association
2022-05-05	05/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Sentient, the Veterinary Centre for Animal Ethics
2022-05-05	05/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Department of Primary Industries
2022-05-02	02/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	University of Sydney
2022-04-28	28/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Western Sydney University
2022-04-27	27/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Shooters Union NSW
2022-04-27	27/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	The Australian Pig Doggers and Hunters Association
2022-04-18	18/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Cat Protection Society of NSW
2022-04-18	18/04/2022	Correspondence	Dr Margaret Rose, Former Chair of the NSW Animal Research Review Panel (1986-2010) regarding the development of the Australian Code for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes
2022-04-14	14/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Farmers
2022-04-14	14/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Humane Society International - Australia
2022-04-14	14/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Animals Australia
2022-04-14	14/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Australian Pork Limited
2022-04-12	12/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	World Animal Protection
2022-03-21	21/03/2022	Tabled Document	Professor Culum Brown, supplementary submission to the inquiry, tendered by Professor Brown
2022-03-21	21/03/2022	Tabled Document	Allan Gunn et al., 'Letter to the Editor: The animal welfare aspects of surgical artificial insemination in the canine' (April 2021) Australian Veterinary Journal, Volume 99, No 4, tendered by Dr Arnott
2022-03-21	21/03/2022	Tabled Document	Animal Care Australia, Opening statement: Inquiry into animal welfare policy in New South Wales, 21 March 2022, tendered by Mr Donnelly
2022-03-16	16/03/2022	Tabled Document	David Mellor et al., 'The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human-Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare' (2020) Animals Volume 10, Issue 10, Article 1870, tendered by Ms Vesk
2022-03-16	16/03/2022	Tabled Document	RSPCA Australia, 'Recreational hunting and animal welfare' (December 2017), tendered by Mr Golding
2022-03-16	16/03/2022	Tabled Document	Australian Pig Doggers and Hunters Association, APDHA Submission (July 2021): NSW Animal Welfare Reform Discussion Paper, tendered by Mr Makim
2021-12-02	02/12/2021	Media Release	Announcing inquiry into animal welfare policy

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Stewart Smith	Director - Procedure	9230 3750	[email protected]
Irene Penfold	Council Officer	9230 2272	[email protected]

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No. 87 Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds
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