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Nothing biblical in factory farming

by J M Coetzee, Nobel Laureate for Literature, and Patron of Voiceless.

Something has gone badly wrong in relations between human beings and other animals, and it is not just animal welfare and animal rights organisations that say so. Large swathes of the public are troubled too.

ABC TV Four Corners and The Weekend Australian Magazine were winners in the broadcast and print categories in the 2011 Voiceless Media Prizes announced last night at a glittering event at Sydney’s Blue Hotel.

One of Australia’s most innovative and lucrative short form writing competitions was announced last night by Voiceless, the animal protection institute. The Voiceless Writing Prize sponsored by Australian Ethical Investment will award a total prize pool of well over $20,000 to writers who compellingly address the relationship between humans and animals, and animal sentience.

The Sydney Morning Herald. By Alexandra Smith

The animal welfare group Voiceless has lodged a complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleging several of the big chicken suppliers as well as the fast-food chain Oporto are misleading consumers.

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First published in The New Lawyer. By Voiceless Legal Counsel, Ruth Hatten

A new bill tells us exactly what should come first: consumer awareness about eggs. 

In a recent significant move, the NSW Greens Truth in Labelling (Free-range Eggs) Bill 2011 (Bill) passed NSW’s Upper House with support from the Greens, Labor and the Shooters and Fishers party.  The Bill sets a legal definition for free range eggs; something that has only been accomplished in Tasmania and the ACT.

The 2011 Voiceless Media Prizes have been sponsored by the Dalwood-Wylie Charitable Foundation, whose Director, Helena Wylie, has a passionate personal commitment to animal protection.