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The SA Government has announced a review of the state’s animal welfare laws. It has been 15 years since the last significant review of the Act.
The AVA has prepared a pre budget submission for the 2023 May budget. The document makes recommendations around areas of priority for the AVA.
All three Pets and their People (PATP) practices, Wayville Animal Hospital, Fulham Gardens Animal Hospital and Unley Veterinary Surgery, achieved EOC Accreditation.
One of the priorities for the AVA is to improve the short-term supply of veterinarians. A key mechanism to do this is through overseas veterinarians coming to work in Australia.  
The Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC) celebrated 43 successful candidates of its Australasian Veterinary Examination (AVE) in 2022.
Because veterinary nurses are now on the priority skills list they have been placed on the Australian Apprenticeships priority list from 1st January 2023. 
The AVA has been advocating for HECS fee forgiveness for new graduate veterinarians who choose to work rurally, similar to the scheme in place for doctors and early career vets in New Zealand.
An update on THRIVE, the AVA's veterinary wellness initiative.
The Department of Primary Industries is seeking feedback as part of the statutory review of the NSW Biosecurity Act 2015 and has developed a discussion paper for consideration.
The theme of the conference is 'Finding New Ways'. The Australian Cattle Veterinarians, in conjunction with the AVA's NT Division, will feature a number of forward-thinking topics from a variety of expert speakers.
The development of the new Biosecurity Strategy, for release in 2023, is the next step following the Victorian Government’s recent endorsement of Victoria’s Biosecurity Statement.

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