Vegan news

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

SBS tries to link vegan diet with heart disease

A poorly researched piece on SBS World News on 11 September 2019 tried to link a vegan diet with heart disease. It starts with the words "eating a whole foods ...

Carbon farming boost in Western Australia

As we move towards a vegan agricultural system in Australia, carbon farming will be an important way to reuse some of the 54% of Australian land currently used by the ...

Celebrating Christmas vegan style

What an amazing range of vegan products we have available this Christmas. Thanks to our guest writer Klara Walterova for researching and writing this special article, which will make your ...

Bringing compassion to fashion

While most animals exploited by humans are those raised, bred and killed for food, there are many others who suffer in the production of clothing, shoes, etc. In this guest ...

Care for them then kill them

We are depriving children of a fair and just education by allowing 'animal husbandry' courses in schools. These teach children to commodify animals, to ignore their feelings of empathy towards ...

Prime Minister urged to take 30 day challenge to help climate crisis

In an unprecedented world first, four member organisations of the Vegan World Alliance are challenging the leaders of their countries to try vegan for a month, starting on 1 November, ...

Strewth, Vegemite is now Vegan Australia Certified

The Vegan Australia Certified program has added an Australian icon to its fast-growing list of certified brands with Vegemite announcing its participation in the program today to coincide with World ...

If Australia goes vegan, will there be enough land to feed everyone?

This is a talk given by Greg McFarlane at the Animal Activists Forum in October 2019. The talk looks at some of the objections people might have to moving towards ...

Vegan Festival Adelaide gets five stars

The annual vegan festival season is in full swing, with World Vegan Day Melbourne and VeganFest Tasmania still to come and monthly markets in many cities continuing. The Vegan Festival ...

Right to farm? Right to harm!

In a submission to a NSW Government inquiry into a proposed new ag-gag law, the "Right to Farm" Bill, Vegan Australia has urged the government to recognise that punishing whistleblowers ...

100 doctors and scientists come out in favour of vegan diets for children

Earlier this year, the Belgium Academy of Medicine gave an opinion that vegan diets were dangerous for pregnant and lactating women as well as for children in the growth phase. ...

74 year old vegan outraged for being reported to Australian Federal Police

A 74 year old vegan has been questioned by the Australian Federal Police after objecting to the use of the term "vegan terrorist" by her federal senator. During debate in ...

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