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The Department of Education and Training’s Victorian Schools Animal Ethics Committee (VSAEC) is actively recruiting to fill vacant volunteer Category A (veterinarian) and Category C membership positions.

The AVA is encouraging NSW AVA members to assist in producing an AVA NSW State Election platform that will reflect our requirements and the issues facing NSW veterinarians.

The AVA is making two submissions to appeal the TGA's interim decisions on the rescheduling of transmucosal meloxicam and lidocaine.

The Victorian Division of the AVA will be preparing a submission in response to the Plan for Victoria's new animal care and protection laws which will replace Victoria’s current Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986.

The AVA will be making a submission with feedback on combining the laws relating to animals, plants and pests currently provided across multiple pieces of legislation into a single Biosecurity Act.

The NSW Department of Education is conducting a survey to learn more about the extent and causes of skills shortages in NSW, especially in regional areas.

Consultation on proposal for the NSW Auditor-General to carry out performance audits of the use of public monies by non-public sector entities to provide goods or services to the public on behalf of the State and Local Governments.

The AVBC is undertaking a review of the AVBC Accreditation Standards and is seeking comment on these draft accreditation standards and draft accreditation methodology. Feedback to inform the AVA submission to the AVBC is due by 9.00am Monday 29th August 2022.