Animal Justice Party Sydney North West Regional Group

15/06/2026

To all the animal advocates with their training wheels on, here is a workshop for you.

You've written a letter to your local Member of Parliament. You've signed petitions. You've participated in rallies. But now you want to do more. You want to speak directly to the decision makers about your concerns. But how do you even do that?

Australian Alliance for Animals is running a workshop (both online and face-to-face in Sydney) that will give you the skills to speak to your local MP and understand the current political landscape.

Interested? Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/nsw-effective-animal-advocacy-workshop

Please note, for the online option, you need to click 'Get Tickets' for more information.

13/06/2026

Did you know that behind secret padlocked gates and barbed wire fences in Western Sydney, baboons are being bred for research?

This week, A Current Affair featured Animal Justice MP Emma Hurst's exposé of a secret government facility that the public was never meant to see.

Through documents obtained from inside the compound, Emma uncovered the deaths of 24 baboons between 2021 and 2025.

Shakira. Klaus. Odette.

These animals were individuals whose lives began and ended inside a system built on cruel animal experimentation.

Every year, millions of animals are subjected to invasive and often painful experiments across NSW.

Primates, dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, guinea pigs and native animals are born into laboratories and die there, with no chance at freedom.

Animal experimentation is not only cruel but it is failing. Up to 96% of drugs that pass animal testing never make it through human clinical trials.

This is all happening while humane alternatives already exist, including computer modelling, stem cell research and in-vitro testing. The science is already there. The only thing missing is the political will to invest in it.

Emma has spent years fighting to expose this industry, securing world-first bans on forced swim and smoking experiments, leading a parliamentary inquiry into animal testing, and winning funding for humane alternatives.

Now we need your help to finish the job.

✍️ Sign the petition and call on the NSW Government to fund humane alternatives and commit to ending animal experimentation in NSW: https://nsw.animaljusticeparty.org/end_animal_testing_in_nsw_petition?

and watch Emma here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-L10WK-pDvA

Emma exposed it and now together, we can end it.

13/06/2026

Politics feeling a bit grim lately?

Join Animal Justice Party MP Emma Hurst for an afternoon of pies and politics.

Emma will share what’s happening behind the scenes, what she’s fighting for and where things are heading, but most importantly, she wants to hear from you!

Whether you’re feeling burnt out, passionate about a particular animal rights issue, or simply want to reconnect with like-minded people, then this event is for you. Plus, there’ll be free Funky Pies too!

📅 Sunday 21 June
⏰ 3pm – 5pm
📍 Glebe Town Hall, Southern Hall
160 St Johns Rd, Glebe NSW 2037

All are welcome to join but RSVP is essential: https://nsw.animaljusticeparty.org/pies-politics-emma-hurst

12/06/2026

Australia has a culling problem.

Right now, thousands of the brumbies of Mt Kosciuszko, the Eastern Grey Kangaroos around Canberra and dingos on farmland are being slaughtered.

Why? Because they are considered pests, invasive, feral or a threat to agricultural interests.

Yet, there are other solutions. We need to wean our government off their addiction to culling. We need to show the government that where they see a pest, we see our heritage, our culture, our identity and our right to decide what happens to them.

You can make a difference. To save the Brumbies, sign this petition: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/ePetition-details.aspx?q=BmohXScSptUiwqbMm5kfBg.
(just 4,206 signatures needed for it to be debated in Parliament).

Voice your opposition (respectfully) to Premier Chris Minns and your local State MP. https://www.nsw.gov.au/nsw-government/premier-of-nsw/contact-premier.

To save the Eastern Grey Kangaroos of Canberra, voice your opposition to the yearly cull of Kangaroos to Suzanne Orr MLA, the Minister for Environment: https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/current/orr.

To help Dingos in NSW, submit a submission to the Inquiry into the management of dingos in National Parks: https://nsw.animaljusticeparty.org/dingo-submission-guide

Silence doesn't stop animal cruelty.
Your voice does!

12/06/2026

We accept the fact that you see us as numbers on a report, as a problem that needs to be solved. But we think you're mistaken to ask us to fit into the definitions you've already chosen for us.
You see us as you want to see us — in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions.

But what we found out is that each of us is.....an individual...a being...an icon...a survivor.

Does that answer your question?
Sincerely yours,
The Br̶e̶a̶k̶f̶a̶s̶t̶ Brumby Club

Sign the Legislative Assembly epetition https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/epetitions-list.aspx. and write to Premier Chris Minns and your local state MP...let them know that you won't forget about the brumbies of Mt Kosciuszko!

*This post has no official connection to the Brumby Club.

11/06/2026

An Open Letter to the NSW Environment Minister Regarding the Killing of Horses in Kosciuszko National Park
Dear Minister,

I write to you regarding the ongoing killing of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park.

Few issues have generated as much community concern and distress as the mass aerial shooting taking place right now.

The last Government aerial shooting program was horrendous - as many feared it would be. Horses were found with multiple bullet wounds. Foals were killed, while others were left orphaned and vulnerable to starvation or predation.

Many people were concerned we would see a repeat of the Guy Fawkes aerial shooting program. In some ways, what happened may have been even worse.

That's why this second killing program has ignited even more outrage. It has highlighted to the public that these large killing programs do not work. The Government claim to have killed thousands of horses, but now claim the numbers have skyrocketed again. If this is true, what this points out is that aerial shooting is a band aid solution- it is not a long-term solution. The Government cannot justify further aerial shooting - period.

I want to you to take a moment to think about each of the animals this decision effects. The fear, pain, and long-lingering deaths that this aerial kill will undoubtedly cause the horses residing at Kosciuszko National Park.

We both care about the environment and native animals. The protection of Kosciuszko's unique environment is exceptionally important. But animal welfare is important too. We can recognise both truths simultaneously.
As elected representatives, we have a responsibility to seek solutions that ensure both environmental protection and broader compassion are considered. This may not be the easy road- but it is the right road. It involves proper community consultation, opportunities for rehoming, considering the latest science and technology and looking towards humane long-term solutions rather than going down the route of taking action simply for a headline that implies action is being taken, when we know that the action itself will cause great suffering and no long-term solution.

I therefore ask you to immediately cease the current killing program and convene a genuine roundtable involving environmental scientists, animal welfare experts, rescue organisations, brumby advocates, regional communities and other stakeholders to identify a practical and humane way forward.

I have personally been calling for fertility control since I was elected seven years ago. The heartbreaking reality is that if governments had invested in these solutions when they were first proposed, the killing taking place today may have been avoided.

Trials have still not been started- instead a report was released criticising the old outdated technology in this space, and didn't give any proper consideration to the latest technology that overcomes those issues. It suggests either a total lack of interest in humane options, or a lack of understanding around the issue and the latest technology. No decision this great should ever be made in either of those scenarios.

This issue has become unnecessarily polarised. I am hearing rehomers are being blocked out from rescuing some of the horses. This has become an aggressive campaign by the Government - it is heavy handed for no reason, and the victims of this will be the animals.

We must stop 'picking sides' for political purposes, and instead stop and find the best solutions for all involved.

I urge you to show that leadership now. The shooting must stop, and a humane path forward must be found.
Yours sincerely,

Emma Hurst MP
Member of the Legislative Council

10/06/2026

Emma Hurst won't stay silent on the brumby cull. Listen as she strongly advocates for fertility control as an alternative, humane solution against voices that just want to cull, cull, cull.

Aerial culling is set to resume after a spike in wild horse numbers in the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales.

10/06/2026

Millions of animals suffer on live export ships every year. This Saturday we're taking a stand.
Join us against live animal export on International Ban Live Export Day.
Banners and flyers supplied — just show up.

09/06/2026

Watch Emma Hurst tonight on A Current Affair(Tuesday, 9th June) at 7pm on channel 9. She will be exposing a little known horror that will shock most Australians.
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