List of Interviewees

Position descriptions were correct at the time of interview but may since have changed. Anonymous interviewees appear at the end of the list.

Mr Michael Beatty, Media and Community Relations, RSPCA Queensland, 16 April 2013

Mr Stephen Bradshaw, Animal Welfare Representative, Australian Professional Rodeo Association, 5 May 2014

The Hon. Robert Brown MLC (NSW), Shooters and Fishers Party, 18 March 2014

Ms Dana Campbell, CEO, Voiceless, 30 January 2014

Ms Maureen Collier, Secretary, Vegetarian/Vegan Society of Queensland, 17 April 2013

Mr Ian Cowie, Former Director, Department of Local Government, Western Australia, 27 August 2014

Mr Russell Cox, Executive Officer, Western Australian Pork Producers’ Association, 2 October 2013

Ms Debbie Dekker, President, Queensland Horse Council Inc., 17 April 2013

Ms Lara Drew, Animal Liberation ACT, 23 July 2013

Ms Indra Esguerra, Senior Advisor to Shane Rattenbury MLA, 23 July 2013

Mr Neil Ferguson, Chairman, Agricultural Produce Commission, Pork Producers’ Committee, Western Australia, 3 September 2013

Dr Eliot Forbes, Executive Director of the Australian Racing Board and Chairman of the ARB Retirement of Racehorses Committee; CEO of Tasracing Pty Ltd, 9 April 2014

Mr Malcolm France, founder, Australian and New Zealand Laboratory Animal Association, 19 May 2014

Ms Tammie Franks MLC, South Australian Greens, 26 September 2014

General Manager Policy, National Farmers’ Federation, 14 November 2014

Ms Tracy-Lynne Geysen, Brisbane Lawyers Educating and Advocating for Tougher Sentences, 19 April 2013

The Hon. Bryan Green MP (Tasmania), Australian Labor Party, 22 September 2014

Ms Elizabeth Hill, President, University of Melbourne Animal Protection Society, 20 August 2013

Mr Mark Hyman, Chair, Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, 22 July 2013

Ms Deb Kelly, Manager, Animal Welfare, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South Australia, 25 August 2014 (by correspondence)

Mr Wes Judd, Director, Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation Ltd, 19 April 2013

Mr Laurie Levy, founder, Coalition Against Duck Shooting, 30 August 2013

Ms Patty Mark, founder, Animal Liberation Victoria, 3 June 2013

Ms Helen Marston, CEO, Humane Research Australia, 23 September 2013

Mr Greg McFarlane, Chair, Vegan Australia / Vegan Society of NSW, 17 May 2013

Ms Maria Mercurio, CEO, RSPCA Victoria, 4 June 2013

Mr Chay Neal, President, Animal Liberation Queensland, 16 April 2013

The Hon. Melissa Parke MP, Australian Labor Party, 4 September 2014

Mr Mark Pearson, Executive Director, Animal Liberation NSW, 5 June 2013 (as of 2015, Member of the Legislative Council NSW for the Animal Justice Party)

Mr Roger Perkins, CEO, Pet Industry Association of Australia, 24 March 2014

Mr Ian Randles, Policy Officer, Western Beef and Sheep Producers Committee, Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia, 30 September 2013

The Hon. Shane Rattenbury MLA, ACT Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Corrections, Housing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, and Ageing, 23 July 2013

Mr Andrew Spencer, CEO, Australian Pork Ltd, 23 June 2014

Mr Kelvin Thomson MP, Australian Labor Party, federal member for Wills, 26 June 2014

Mr Justin Toohey, Animal Welfare Officer, Cattle Council of Australia, 4 July 2014

Ms Debra Tranter, Founder, Oscars’ Law, 22 September 2014

Ms Sharyn Watson, Executive Director, Medical Advances Without Animals Trust, 25 June 2014

The Hon. Steve Whan MLC, NSW Shadow Minister for Resources and Primary Industries, Shadow Minister for Tourism Major Events Hospitality and Racing, and Shadow Minister for Rural Water, 19 March 2014

Ms Lyn White, Animals Australia, 24 September 2014 (by correspondence)

Animal welfare advocate, 5 September 2014

CEO, Queensland Farmers’ Federation, 16 April 2013

CEO, RSPCA Australia, 24 June 2014

Director, Victorian bureau of animal welfare, 21 August 2013

Eight individuals associated with the Sydney veg*n community, 8 May 2014

Executive officer, animal welfare organisation, 9 October 2014

Former officer, animal welfare department, 1 August 2014

Lawyer involved in animal law, 13 May 2014

Member of Parliament, South Australia, 25 September 2014

Policy officer, Queensland Farmers’ Federation, 16 April 2013

Representative of the chicken industry, 31 January 2014

Representative of the grocery industry, 9 April 2014

Representative of the retail industry, 22 April 2014

Senior public servant, primary industries, 29 July 2013