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The latest news from Vegan Australia plus vegan and animal rights news from around Australia and the world.

Media release: "Vegan" baby neglect cases

Every year or two a story hits the headlines about a case of neglect by parents who feed their baby a "vegan" diet. While we can not comment on any ...

Vegan election test: how the parties rate

It's time for political parties to take into account the views of the 400,000 vegan Australians as well as the vast majority of Australians who are against animal cruelty and ...

ABC reports vegan call for 'suffering' label

In an item Vegans call for 'suffering' label as seafood industry slams 'fishless tuna' about a new vegan product, 'Tuno', the ABC has reported on Vegan Australia's call for honesty ...

Vegan Rising: 'Our target is the system, not farmers'

The civil disobedience actions across Australia by animal rights activists on April 8 caused a media furore and even provoked a response from Prime Minster Scott Morrison. Green Left Weekly's ...

Questions for candidates in the 2019 Federal Election

In the lead up to the 2019 Federal Election, Vegan Australia, in association with Vegan NSW, put together a list of questions to send to political parties and candidates to help us ...

Submission on vegan diet and mental health

Vegan Australia recently made a submission to a Productivity Commission inquiry into mental health. The submission detailed how a whole food plant based (vegan) diet can positively affect the mental ...

Being a young vegan living at home

Living at home as a young vegan can be hard. In this article, our guest writer on youth affairs, Sophie, gives some tips she has learned as a young vegan ...

All animal use to end worldwide

In a surprise move today, 1 April, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon announced a ban on the use of animals by humans. He said the reign of ...

World Water Day

World Water Day is held on 22 March every year to raise awareness about the importance of fresh water. Worldwide, over one billion people don't have access to clean water ...

Live vegan, save how much water?!

Compared to a vegan diet, eating meat, dairy and eggs uses a lot of water! Studies carried out by researchers in Australia and overseas show that over 20 times more ...

Dairy farmers don't know which way to go on labels

In an amazing twist of logic, dairy farmers are now campaigning against a ban on using labels such as camembert, brie, fetta and parmesan on Australian dairy products. The European ...

Survey shows why people go vegan

A survey of over 12,000 vegans has shown that a huge range of influences are at work in helping people become vegan. The answers to the question "What was the ...

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