Animal Justice Party Policies PDF

\(a) Write a brief history of the party. The Animal Justice Party (AJP) is a political party in Australia founded in 2009 by Steve Garlick. The party was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 3 May 2011. The party is also registered in New South Wales, Queensland, South Austral...

\(a) Write a brief history of the party. The Animal Justice Party (AJP) is a political party in Australia founded in 2009 by Steve Garlick. The party was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 3 May 2011. The party is also registered in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, and the Australian Capital Territory. The AJP is the first political party in Australia formed solely to advance animal welfare issues. \(b) Where is the party registered Australian electoral commission, In accordance with Part XI of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, the political party whose details appear below was registered on 3 May 2011 (c ) How many members two Members of Parliament and two Councilors elected \(d) Policies Animal Experimentation The Animal Justice Party (AJP) will seek to rapidly phase out animal experimentation throughout Australia because it is cruel, outdated and ineffective. We must urgently stop funding animal experimentation and transition towards effective alternatives. The AJP recognises new frameworks for research focused on animal wellbeing and where animals are considered participants. This means that research is done for the benefit of the animal participant themselves. This is similar to human-based research frameworks, where someone participates in research that may alleviate their own suffering. The AJP supports this form of research which respects animals' agency, individual lives, and is intended to directly benefit the animal participating in the research. Key Objectives 1\. Develop a national plan for phasing out animal experimentation, including milestones and an end date. 2\. Develop an approach beyond the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) towards best practice, animal wellbeing focused research. 3\. Immediately ban particularly cruel research, including but not limited to, forced swim tests, forced smoking tests, Draize tests, LD50, poison bait experiments, xenotransplantation and primate research. 4\. Cease state and federal government funding of animal experimentation, and establish a national fund for the development of non-animal methods (NAMs). This will include grants to upskill researchers in NAMs. 5\. Introduce a public register of all animal research projects and mandate prospective registration of animal studies. Mandatory pre-registration of animal studies will allow experts to advise on available NAMs and also stamp out publication bias. 6\. Require animal ethics committees to release the methods and outcome summaries of animal research projects and make these available to the public. A summary should at least describe in plain English the aim of the study, procedures animals have been subjected to, the number and species of animals, the outcomes of the study and the funding. 7\. Require states and territories to collect and publish data on animal research in a way that allows for compilation of a nationally consistent data set. 8\. Update the definition of 'animal' used by research to include all sentient beings. 9\. Introduce mandatory rehoming of animals used in experimentation, and provide financial support to organisations who rehome them. Fur The Animal Justice Party opposes the production and use of animal fur. This includes both the import into and export from Australia of fur from purpose-built fur farms, as a by-product of the meat industry and from native free-living animals shot and killed in their natural habitat. Key Objectives 1\. Ban the farming of fur, and all other methods used to take fur from animals, in Australia. 2\. Ban the sale of products containing animal fur in Australia. 3\. Ensure accurate labelling and testing on all faux fur products so that consumers can shop with confidence. (e ) Person From the Party Emma Hurst Prior to working in Parliament, Emma worked as a registered psychologist, having graduated from Monash University with a Masters in Psychology. Emma later worked as a campaign director at Animal Liberation and a media officer at PETA. During this time she ran a number of highly successful campaigns that saw two major duck producers successfully prosecuted by the ACCC, the end of various cruel wild goat racing events, multiple companies including major burger chains and butchers cease their sales of rabbit meat, and hundreds of animals released from medical research. Immediately after being elected to Parliament, Emma established and chaired a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the Use of Battery Cages for Hens in the Egg Production Industry. Receiving a great deal of public support and over 13,000 submissions, the Inquiry recommended that all food products containing eggs from caged hens should be clearly labelled for the benefit of consumers, and a phase-out of battery cage hen farming in NSW. Following on from her previous work at Animal Liberation, Emma has been a frequent opponent of new Australian and NSW ag-gag laws, speaking out against the NSW Government\'s Right to Farm Bill and increased biosecurity legislation. She has been actively campaigning in the media for increased transparency in the Australian animal agriculture industry and is intent on defending the public\'s right to know how millions of animals are treated in farms and slaughterhouses. On September 26, 2019, Emma established a second Inquiry into the Exhibition of Exotic Animals in Circuses and Exhibition of Cetaceans in New South Wales, where she is currently serving as Deputy Chair. As part of her work to end the captivity of exotic animals, dolphins and whales in NSW, Emma has been speaking out at local protests and working with international experts who have successfully ensured a ban using animals for entertainment overseas. During the 2019-2020 bushfires, Emma successfully raised over \$30,000 for struggling animal sanctuaries and animal welfare groups in NSW, and began campaigning against the NSW Government's plan to attack wild animals following the disaster by dropping one million 1080 baits across state land. Following the escape of three baboons from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Emma has become a key voice in the campaign to end animal experimentation here in Australia. She continues to work closely with animal advocacy groups to raise awareness of the extent of animal testing, its failures to provide useful medical insight, and the ethical alternatives to animal experimentation. Currently, Emma is continuing her campaigns against the Government's bushfire response and ongoing animal experimentation, and is working with domestic violence survivors and experts to ensure animals are recognised as victims of family violence themselves. \(f) State and Electorate Constesting