#1. Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 by
The Australian Federal Court's recent copyright judgment on footage filmed covertly could deter rights advocacy groups and undermine media freedom and public debate
#2. Monday 18 Aug 2025 by
Animal rights reporting faces an uncertain future due to a legal ruling.
#3. Monday 18 Aug 2025 by
When animal rights group Farm Transparency Project blew the whistle on unlawful practices at an abattoir, they didn't expect copyright laws to stop them.
#4. Friday 15 Aug 2025 by
No action from Department - 3 months on from alleged cruelty at NSW meatworks Warning: this article contains images, video and descriptions of animal cruelty which may be distressing for some ...
#5. Wednesday 13 Aug 2025 by
Animal activists must delete secretly filmed abattoir footage and pay $130,000 in damages after losing a Federal Court battle against a Victorian meat company.
#6. Tuesday 5 Aug 2025 by
Federal Court judges will decide if controversial footage showing alleged animal cruelty can be published, following an appeal hearing last week.
#7. Friday 1 Aug 2025 by
A steadfast group of southern Queensland animal rights activists will descend on the streets of Brisbane, calling on the Minister for Department of Primary Industries to shut down a Warwick abattoir.
#8. Tuesday 10 Jun 2025 by
Activists covertly film at NSW abattoirs, igniting debates on animal welfare and transparency. New laws may change the industry landscape.
#9. Wednesday 9 Apr 2025 by
Vegan protesters broke into a regional Queensland, family-owned abattoir and hid cameras above the kill floor. The footage they captured has led to an investigation by state regulators. WARNING: Graphic content.
#10. Saturday 15 Mar 2025 by
A federal MP said these animal activists had "no place in our society". Now four slaughterhouses in his electorate are under investigation for alleged animal cruelty.
#11. Wednesday 5 Feb 2025 by
A notice of appeal has been lodged by the abattoir which lost its bid to stop the publishing of footage illegally obtained by animal activists. See the latest.
#12. Thursday 12 Dec 2024 by
The Environment Minister called the videos ‘confronting’, but animal welfare authorities said their hands are tied because of a legal loophole.
#13. Monday 11 Nov 2024 by
The government has released the recommendations of a taskforce it set up in the wake of distressing footage of alleged animal cruelty at abattoirs. Read the latest.
#14. Sunday 10 Nov 2024 by
Tasmania adopts 11 of 12 taskforce reforms for better animal welfare in abattoirs by 2025, enhancing humane practices and boosting surveillance.
#15. Sunday 20 Oct 2024 by
The widespread use of “gas chambers” to render pigs unconscious before their slaughter is under a cloud.
#16. Thursday 5 Sep 2024 by
A Victorian abattoir is seeking a permanent injunction and a potential six-figure sum for damages against an animal activist group. See the details.
#17. Tuesday 3 Sep 2024 by
Closing arguments in a landmark case brought by a Victorian abattoir against an animal advocacy charity were heard at the federal court of Australia on Tuesday.
#18. Thursday 15 Aug 2024 by
An animal advocacy organisation has accused an Echuca abattoir of cruelty, after using secretly installed hidden cameras.
#19. Thursday 15 Aug 2024 by
Authorities are probing a notorious Echuca slaughterhouse after shocking footage allegedly revealed animals being killed while still conscious. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
#20. Friday 9 Aug 2024 by
Key witnesses have taken the stand in a Federal Court trial regarding whether animal activists can publish footage from inside a slaughterhouse.
#21. Thursday 20 Jun 2024 by
Victoria’s pork industry could be slapped with “extreme” new guidelines and subject to random on-the-spot compliance checks, but Coalition MPs have called the inquiry process a “political stunt”.
#22. Thursday 20 Jun 2024 by
Animal Justice Party, Green and Victorian Labor MPs have demanded radical animal welfare reforms, as part of a pig welfare inquiry.
#23. Friday 17 May 2024 by
A parent has asked her son’s football club in South Melbourne to scrap snags from its weekend barbecues on the grounds of animal cruelty and health concerns.
#24. Tuesday 7 May 2024 by
An Australia-wide campaign investigating meatworks has focused attention on a northern Victorian abattoir, accusing it of cruel slaughtering practices.
#25. Monday 6 May 2024 by
Protesters are gathering at a Seymour slaughterhouse being investigated by the Federal Government after shocking footage emerged allegedly showing animal cruelty.
#26. Friday 19 Apr 2024 by
Animal activists have taken footage at a Victorian abattoir, which they allege shows cows’ throats being slit while they are conscious.
#27. Thursday 18 Apr 2024 by
Authorities are probing a Seymour slaughterhouse after shocking footage allegedly revealed cows being killed while still conscious. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
#28. Wednesday 17 Apr 2024 by
The state government has held firm against claims that it's "dragging its feet" on a taskforce report into Tasmanian slaughterhouses.
#29. Tuesday 16 Apr 2024 by
Six months ago, animal activists released ‘disturbing’ videos shot in Tasmanian slaughterhouses — Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff says more action is needed immediately.
#30. Wednesday 20 Mar 2024 by
Take a digital tour inside Tasmanian meat processing facilities with FTP's latest campaign advocating for animal welfare.
#31. Saturday 16 Mar 2024 by
Latest on Tasmanian abattoir animal cruelty taskforce findings amid election season. Greens, Liberals clash over reforms.
#32. Monday 4 Mar 2024 by
Victorian abattoir Australian Food Group commits to diversion program following exposure of pig slaughter methods by activists.
#33. Monday 4 Mar 2024 by
The owner of a Victorian piggery has accepted responsibility for the breaches after an investigation was sparked by video of slaughter practices inside its facilities.
#34. Friday 1 Mar 2024 by
The court case against an abattoir in Melbourne’s southwest has concluded after animal activist footage led to charges arising from its handling of pigs.
#35. Wednesday 31 Jan 2024 by
Investigation into Tasmania's abattoirs exposed animal abuse allegations. Government creates livestock taskforce and considers new regulations to improve animal welfare.
#36. Wednesday 17 Jan 2024 by
Animal rights activists have converged on an abattoir in Northern Tasmania with the aim of 'disrupting operations' at the Cressy business. The "vigil" at Tasmanian Quality Meats, orchestrated by Anima
#37. Tuesday 16 Jan 2024 by
Activists staged a nine-hour vigil outside Cressy's Tasmanian Quality Meats on Tuesday. Meanwhile, TasFarmers says enough is enough.
#38. Tuesday 16 Jan 2024 by
Animal activists plan to disrupt animal transport trucks at Tasmanian Quality Meats abattoir. Protest aims to shed light on animal cruelty issues in Tasmania.
#39. Thursday 11 Jan 2024 by
Additional footage showing what activists allege to be instances of animal cruelty at yet another Tasmanian abattoir has been released. The Farm Transparency Project (FTP) released the footage on Thursday they say was captured at the Ten Mile Enterprises Meat Facility in Springfield, owned by Scottsdale Pork.
#40. Thursday 11 Jan 2024 by
‘Confronting to watch the systemic cruelty,’ Greens say. Footage from a Tasmanian abattoir emerges showing alleged animal cruelty including conscious pigs ‘lowered into a scalding tank’.
#41. Thursday 11 Jan 2024 by
Secret footage reveals conscious pigs being mistreated and killed in Scottsdale Pork, demanding closure of the facility.
#42. Monday 11 Dec 2023 by
Animals Australia wants the Supreme Court to rule against gas stunning of pigs, which growers warn would push up pork prices.
#43. Sunday 10 Dec 2023 by
Tasmania's primary industries minister says "nothing is off the table" as the government acts to ensure what she has called distressing images of animal cruelty in a leaked animal rights video does not happen again.
#44. Saturday 9 Dec 2023 by
A major Tasmanian abattoir could have its export licence suspended after being accused of animal cruelty and killing...
#45. Saturday 9 Dec 2023 by
The federal government issues a Tasmanian abattoir with a draft notice to suspend its export licence for a year after confronting footage obtained by animal rights activists raises questions about slaughter practices. WARNING: This story contains depictions of animals in distress.
#46. Tuesday 5 Dec 2023 by
Animals Australia has launched legal action to stop pre-slaughter gassing of pigs, while politicians ram through a pig welfare inquiry.
#47. Wednesday 25 Oct 2023 by
Police are not investigating incident as no complaint made.
#48. Sunday 8 Oct 2023 by
A push to allow the publication of “horrific” footage of mistreatment of animals, including that of pigs being stun-gassed across slaughterhouses, is afoot in NSW.
#49. Friday 25 Aug 2023 by
Hidden cameras have captured what an animal activist group claims to be the unethical slaughter of cows, goats and sheep at a regional SA slaughterhouse. Warning: Graphic.
#50. Wednesday 3 May 2023 by
Diamond Valley Pork, which processes 13,500 pigs a week, is under investigation by federal authorities over animal welfare claims.
#51. Wednesday 3 May 2023 by
Gas stunning of pigs causes panic and pain for an average 22 seconds, but alternatives such as electrocution and captive-bolts are just as problematic.
#52. Wednesday 26 Apr 2023 by
Warning: This story contains content that may distress some readers. A pig abattoir has ceased operations amid a formal investigation into "serious and disturbing allegations" of mistreatment of animals, including one pig having its testicles torn off by machinery.
#53. Thursday 13 Apr 2023 by
Seven people have been charged after about 30 protesters chained themselves to equipment inside Benalla Abattoirs in the early hours of Thursday morning.
#54. Thursday 13 Apr 2023 by
Up to 30 members of protest group Farm Transparency Project halted work at the Benalla abattoir after infiltrating the facility early on Thursday, April 13.
#55. Thursday 13 Apr 2023 by
Up to 30 members of protest group Farm Transparency Project halted work at the Benalla abattoir after infiltrating the facility early on Thursday, April 13.
#56. Thursday 13 Apr 2023 by
Farmers have backed a move by protesters to stop stunning pigs in gas chambers prior to slaughter. About 30 animal activists broke into Benalla Abbatoir and some chained themselves to the gas chamber which is used to paralyse pigs.
#57. Thursday 13 Apr 2023 by
A protest that’s halted operations at an abattoir in Victoria’s north has stretched into its 10th hour. About 30 animal activists broke in to Benalla Abattoir, with some chaining themselves to the gas chamber which is used to paralyse pigs.
#58. Thursday 13 Apr 2023 by
Seven animal activists have been charged with trespassing after they allegedly broke into an abattoir in Benalla and chained themselves to machinery.
#59. Thursday 13 Apr 2023 by
UPDATE: A protest at the Benalla abattoir has concluded with multiple people charged with trespassing and other offences.
#60. Thursday 13 Apr 2023 by
Seven protesters have been charged after allegedly chaining themselves to machinery as part of an animal rights protest in the state’s northeast, while the Premier has said he wasn’t aware of any breaches of standards at the facility.
#61. Thursday 30 Mar 2023 by
Australia’s two supermarket giants source pork from Victorian abattoirs depicted in “horrific” footage recording the effects of carbon dioxide gassing on pigs prior to slaughter.
#62. Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
There are calls for greater scrutiny of the pork industry after the ABC's 7.30 program airs video of pigs being stunned by carbon dioxide before slaughter.
#63. Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
New hidden camera footage has revealed the way pigs are killed for their meat in Australia may be much less humane than previously thought.
#64. Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
The peak body for Australian pork farmers will review confronting footage which appears to show pigs squealing inside abattoirs before being killed.
#65. Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
Warning - confronting video. Activist Chris Delforce filmed pigs being gassed before slaughter inside an Australian abattoir. Source: Farm Transparency Project
#66. Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
On March 27th footage was aired on ABC’s 7:30, which showed in graphic detail the process of stunning inflicted on pigs farmed for their flesh. Modified atmospheric stunning (MAS) utilises…
#67. Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
The Australian pig industry has defended its use of carbon dioxide gas to stun pre-slaughter after damning footage aired on television.
#68. Monday 27 Mar 2023 by
New hidden camera footage has revealed the way pigs are killed for their meat in Australia may be much less humane than previously thought.
#69. Monday 27 Mar 2023 by
The use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs before slaughter is legal and widespread – but activists believe the industry doesn't want you to know what it looks like.
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