Animal Welfare Act Amendment Bill 2022

​​​​Submissions on the Draft Animal Welfare Act Amendment Bill 2022 closed on 20 July 2022.

The Animal Welfare Act Amendment Bill 2022 was tabled in the Tasmanian Parliament on 28 September 2022.

A copy of the Summary of Online Consultation is available here for download:
Copies of the submissions received in response to the public invitation to comment on the Draft Animal Welfare Act Amendment Bill 2022 can be found below.

In accordance with Tasmanian Government policy, private addresses and contact details (including mobile phone numbers) have been redacted from the submissions, eight confidential submissions and a number of submissions with no comment have not been published.

Four submissions were duplications and have been removed

Submissions received​

 AWA 01 - Tracey Fisher-Rust (PDF 1Mb)

 AWA 02 - Gillian Unicomb (PDF 45Kb)​

AWA 03 - Lani Smith (PDF 49Kb)

 AWA 04 - Catilyn Hitchens (PDF 65Kb)

 AWA 05 - Karla Lowry (PDF 50Kb)

 AWA 06 - Nicole Leyden (PDF 53Kb)

 AWA 07 - Anja Fuechtbauer (PDF 68Kb)

 AWA 08 - Sheena Bell (PDF 1Mb)

 AWA 09 - Heather Brown (PDF 52Kb)

 AWA 10 - Edgar Bell (PDF 1Mb)

 AWA 11 - Debbie Hart (PDF 44Kb)

 AWA 12 - James Burns (PDF 357Kb)

 AWA 13 - Barbara Hodel (PDF 77Kb)

 AWA 14 - Sarah Campbell (PDF 57Kb)

 AWA 15 - Ben Marshall (PDF 49Kb)

 AWA 16 - Tasmanian Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (PDF 62Kb)

 AWA 17 - Dean Davey (PDF 51Kb)

 AWA 18 - Terrance Hudman (PDF 48Kb)

 AWA 19 - Karen (Kerry) Dawborn (PDF 46Kb)

 AWA 20 - Sonia Jack (PDF 2Mb)

 AWA 21 - Christine Barnes (PDF 50Kb)

 AWA 22 - Dr Megan Alessandrini (PDF 66Kb)

 AWA 23 - Mary Clemons (PDF 72Kb)

 AWA 24 - Murray Burgess (PDF 73Kb)

 AWA 25 - Jessica McAndrew (PDF 2Mb)

 AWA 26 - Ben Barnes (PDF 4Mb)

 AWA 27 - William Thomas (PDF 66Kb)

 AWA 28 - Stephanie Gleeson (PDF 327Kb)

 AWA 29 - Linda Barrett (PDF 244Kb)

 AWA 30 - Marcia Davey (PDF 129Kb)

 AWA 31 - Jo Sheedy (PDF 2Mb)

 AWA 32 - Ben Pearson (PDF 758Kb)

 AWA 33 - Martine Lappan (PDF 483Kb)

 AWA 34 - Australian Alliance for animals (PDF 2Mb)

 AWA 35 - Kristen Steele (PDF 710Kb)

 AWA 36 - Steve Courtney (PDF 231Kb)

 AWA 37 - Jacquie Zakar (PDF 7Mb)

 AWA 38 - Burgess (PDF 63Kb)

 AWA 39 - Michael Sertori (PDF 349Kb)

 AWA 40 - Jan Davis (RSPCA Tasmania) (PDF 1Mb)

 AWA 41 - Katrina Love (PDF 9Mb)

 AWA 42 - Andrew Wilkie (PDF 61Kb)

 AWA 43 - Michael Donnelly (PDF 12Mb)

 AWA 44 - Rachel Smith (PDF 202Kb)

 AWA 45 - Cassy OConnor (PDF 197Kb)​

 AWA 46 - Simon Bishop (PDF 665Kb)

 AWA 47 - Maree Anderson (PDF 73Kb)

 AWA 48 - Animals Australia (PDF 136Kb)

 AWA 49 - Beryl Dix (PDF 50Kb)

 AWA 50 - Brian Craig (PDF 48Kb)

 AWA 51 - Chris Martin (PDF 61Kb)

 AWA 52 - Debbie Davis (PDF 50Kb)

 AWA 53 - Dr Katrina Ward (PDF 49Kb)

 AWA 54 - FOUR PAWS (PDF 922Kb)

 AWA 55 - Gloria Navan (PDF 41Kb)

 AWA 56 - Heather Griffiths (PDF 41Kb)

 AWA 57 - Jamie Hildebrand (PDF 144Kb)

 AWA 58 - Jane Scarafiotti (PDF 59Kb)

 AWA 59 - Janine Stead (PDF 51Kb)

 AWA 60 - John Eastwood (PDF 59Kb)

 AWA 61 - Kerry Smith (PDF 44Kb)

 AWA 62 - Leigh Murrell (PDF 63Kb)

 AWA 63 - Marea Phillips (PDF 53Kb)

 AWA 64 - Robyn Conway (PDF 50Kb)

 AWA 65 - Tanzi Lewis (PDF 173Kb)

 AWA 66 - Megan Alessandrini and Katrina Ward  (PDF 133Kb)

 AWA 67 - Ten Lives (PDF 53Kb)

 AWA 68 - ​PDTA (PDF 644​​​Kb)

 AWA 68 - Supporting Letter 1 (PDF 69​​​Kb)

 AWA 68 - Supporting Letter 2 (PDF 275​​​Kb)

 AWA 68 - Supporting Letter 3 (PDF 543​​​​Kb)

 AWA 69 - Kerry Thomas (PDF 51​​​​​Kb)​

 AWA 71 - Burkhalter (PDF 688​​​​Kb)

 AWA 72 - Synergy Dog Training

 AWA 75 - Pawfect Manners Dog Training (PDF 238​​​​Kb)

 AWA 76 - Pinto (PDF 129​​​​​Kb)


Right to Infor​mation

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Contact

Animal Welfare Enquiries

13 St Johns Avenue,
New Town, TAS, 7008.