Mulesing ban bill put to Upper House inquiry

Lucy Kinbacher
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:35am, first published June 29 2020 - 11:00am
The bill could bring an end to sheep mulesing by January 1 2023 and require pain relief to be administered to stock animals during castration, dehorning and tail docking from January 1 next year.
The bill could bring an end to sheep mulesing by January 1 2023 and require pain relief to be administered to stock animals during castration, dehorning and tail docking from January 1 next year.

Woolgrowers have until July 31 to have their say on NSW legislative amendments that could prohibit mulesing by 2023 and make pain relief compulsory for other procedures.

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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