8. Community Consultation

Broad consultation on animal welfare issues involving government, animal users, the veterinary profession, animal welfare groups, and the community in general, is ongoing. There is revision and the continual development of industry animal welfare Codes of Practice.

Other processes include the conduct of Animal Ethics Committees (AECs) at research and teaching institutions, State and Territory and Australian Government Animal Welfare Advisory Committees (AWACs) and a national structure of ministerial committees for coordination of policy development and implementation that considers animal welfare policy development issues.