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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 latest updates from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on COVID-19

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.

AVA president, Dr Bronwyn Orr, gives a video update on what the AVA is doing in the Emergency Animal Disease space.

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.

Read more to see what your colleagues around the country did for R U OK? Day this year.

For R U OK? Day, which was held on 8 September 2022, the AVA put together a video of our veterinary colleagues sharing stories about times they have been supported, and times when they have supported others.

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.

For R U OK? Day 2022, Dr Olivia (Liv) Oginska shared her experience on the importance of psychological safety.