Poultry
Progress report
At the October 2019 Agriculture Ministers’ Forum, state and territory Agriculture Ministers agreed to the formation of an independent panel to supervise the final steps in the drafting of new Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry.
At the February 2020 Agriculture Ministers’ Forum, state and territory Agriculture Ministers agreed to the membership of an independent panel.
The panel will:
- initially, consider work done to date on developing the Poultry Standards and Guidelines
- hold discussions with key stakeholders to gain an understanding of the issues
- supervise the drafting of evidence-based standards and guidelines by an inter-jurisdictional drafting group.
The new draft will then be provided to stakeholders for feedback. The independent panel will finalise the draft and a regulatory impact statement (RIS) will be finalised by a consultant. Once the standards and guidelines are finalised, they will proceed to Agriculture Ministers for endorsement. As part of this endorsement, Ministers will be asked to agree to implement the standards in state and territory legislation.
The AWTG and AHA will play no further role in the completion of the Poultry Standards and Guidelines. The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has been asked to provide the secretariat to the panel. Please direct any inquiries to the panel secretariat: Poultry.Panel@agriculture.gov.au
Page updated: December 2020