Moxey Dairy

Tuesday 6 May 2025 by Harley McDonald-Eckersall (editorial)

Did you know… Australian dairy cows are being factory farmed.  When many Australians think of dairy they imagine contented cows grazing on green grass in wide open paddocks. This idyllic picture has been carefully constructed through decades of marketing campaigns by the Australian dairy industry, and is fiercely guarded by industry peak body, Dairy Australia.  Over the past year, we have revealed the true reality of Australian dairy, through multiple investigations tracking the heartbreaking story of dairy cows. From the separation of newborn calves from their mothers; to the brutal slaughter of week old bobby calves and 4-6 year old... Read more >

Wednesday 7 May 2025

A new campaign uses a combination of drone, handheld and hidden camera footage to document the conditions inside four intensive dairy farms across Australia. The new footage shows cows living in excrement-covered concrete in zero-graze 'freestall' sheds, where cows have no access to the outdoors for the majority of their lives. Campaigners are calling on the public to boycott dairy products to protest the rise of US-style dairy factory farms, which are becoming more common in Australia.  US-style 'zero-graze' dairy factory farming has come under fire in a new campaign from animal protection organisation Farm Transparency Project (FTP). ... Read more >