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A compassionate, sustainable and healthy diet must be goal of new guidelines

In its submission on the new draft Australian Dietary Guidelines, the Vegan Society NSW has called for the Australian Dietary Guidelines to include consideration of the wellbeing and rights of animals and not to discriminate against the great number of Australians who for animal rights, environmental, health, religious and other reasons, have already adopted plant-based diets.

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Vegan diet must be part of National Food Plan

In its submission on a National Food Plan, the Vegan Society NSW has called for the transition to a sustainable, compassionate, vegan diet to be a priority for Australian food policy.

The submission recommends that the National Food Plan aim to:

Ensure all Australians have access to affordable and adequate fresh fruits and vegetables and other plant foods irrespective of income by 2015.
Improve the health of Australians and lower the burden on the health system by reducing the incidence of dietary related diseases.
Use Australia's land resources more effectively and sustainably.
End the use of animal agriculture systems within the next 20 years by building up and supporting Australia's fruit, vegetable and grain producers.

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Vegan Australia

There is currently a growing movement to create a strong, active national vegan organisation in Australia. The committee of the Vegan Society NSW has recognised the need for a national body to better represent vegans and to promote veganism in Australia. Its main goal would be to bring the vegan message to the broader Australian public.
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Live animal export

Reaction to Four Corners program shows widespread compassion towards animals

The horrific treatment of animals shown on Four Corners recently has shocked many people. The compassion they feel for the animals clearly shows that people include animals in their ethical system. Most people understand that animals feel emotions such as pleasure, pain and fear. Anyone who has the good fortune to live with a companion animal knows that animals have fun playing games, they get pleasure from touch and they enjoy the company of human and non-human animals. On the program, farmers expressed positive feelings for the animals they raise for slaughter, some even praising the animals for their intelligence and other traits. Gone are the days when animals were assumed to be unfeeling machines. Both common sense and science demonstrate the rich emotional lives of animals.
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