Submissions

The AVA was pleased to contribute a submission at the Victorian government's request for feedback to assist the reform of Victoria’s biosecurity legislation.

Ahead of the Federal Government's October budget, the AVA has released it's pre-budget submission calling for HECS debt forgiveness for graduates working in rural and regional areas.

The Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC) began a review of AVBC’s Day One Competencies (D1Cs) (previously known as AVBC Attributes of Veterinary Graduates).

The TGA has made the interim decision to not amend the existing Schedule 5 entry for lidocaine "in injectable preparations containing 2 per cent or less of lidocaine when packaged in a container with a tamper resistant cartridge which can only be dispensed through a rubber ring applicator for tail docking and castration of lambs, or castration of calves" It is the AVA’s view that the Committee and Delegate have based their decision on a number of misconceptions.

The TGA has made the interim decision “to create a new Schedule 6 entry for meloxicam in oral transmucosal preparations containing 1% or less meloxicam for pre-surgical treatment and pain management in Livestock during routine animal husbandry procedures." It is the AVA’s view that the Committee and Delegate have based their decision on a number of misconceptions.