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12th December 2005
Retiring Chairman's Letter
Retiring Chairman C Olsson Reports... more
17th October 2005
AWI board must come clean on financials… says AWGA.
AWGA has called on the Australian Wool Innovation board to open up their
books to grass roots woolgrowers to confirm the true state of finances...
more
9th October 2005
Additional levies need to pay the debt. AWI in Financial tatters, says
AWGA
The public stoush between AWI and the Woolmark Company reveals a deep
and underlying new crisis about to hit all long suffering woolgrowers...
more
5th October 2005
As Australian merino wool prices plunge to new lows every week, the Australian
Wool Growers Association today has asked for a full tally on the total
monetary costs spent to date fighting animal rights groups over the past
12 months... more
29 September 2005
Chairman of AWGA, Chick Olsson, has asked for other wool industry leaders
to sit down together and work out a strategy for solving animal rights
and marketing issues once and for all... more
16 September 2005
The Federal Court in Sydney has struck out parts of Australian Wool Innovation's
(AWI) case against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)...
more
29th August 2005
AWGA TO Pursue “new Brand for wool” The Australian Wool Growers
Association (AWGA) has reaffirmed its commitment to introduce a new and
innovative marketing brand of un-mulesed or "ethical" merino
wool... more
20 August 2005
PETA Counters WoolProducers’ 10 False Claims With Cold, Hard Facts...
more
17 August 2005
A sizeable wool broker has withdrawn from Australian Wool Innovation’s
(AWI) Federal Court case against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA)... more
16 August 2005
Retail support for Heads of Agreement... I am writing on behalf of the
nine retailers that have been working together, with BSR as their liaison,
since February 2004 to better understand the use of mulesing in the Australian
wool industry... more
14th August 2005
Important industry Statement As a result of the significant breakthrough
in lifting the international boycott last week, Australian Wool has a
wonderful opportunity before it... more
9th August 2005
Breakthrough on Wool Boycotts... more
9th August 2005
AWGA and PETA Reach Groundbreaking Agreement... more
6th August 2005
Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) Chair Chick Olsson announced
today that talks with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA),
which began in New York in June, are progressing and that he expects the
two parties to reach an agreement within the week... more
25th July 2005
Time to bring mulesing debate to a conclusion… says AWGA... more
25 July 2005
The AWGA welcomes the recent announcement by the Sheep and Wool Taskforce,
in the appointment of Dr Norm Blackman to the role of consultant to the
mulesing accreditation program... more
12th July 2005
AWGA urges consultative and positive approach to animal welfare issues.
With the current debilitating crisis surrounding the wool industry and
the ongoing mulesing debate, the Australian Wool Growers Association,
AWGA, today has released a scorecard on where the industry is currently
situated in this debate... more
30th June 2005
Today, Thursday, the recent delegation that met with PETA in New York
briefed the wool taskforce and AWI of all outcomes of the USA visit...
more
27 June 2005
The recent delegation headed by the Australian Wool Growers Association
to New York, meeting with the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals,
PETA, has seen a significant step forward in bringing about a compromise
to the dehabilitating boycotts on Australian Wool... more
27 June 2005
A pain-free alternative to mulesing moved a step closer this week with
news of the first successful trials of a prototype needle-free injection
device for a natural mulesing protein being developed by Australian Wool
Innovation Limited (AWI)... more
24 June 2005
The wool industry is facing pressure from within to cease its legal action
against animal rights activists.
One of Australia's largest woolgrowers has begun a national campaign to
end the legal action... more
22nd June 2006
At a time when woolgrowers Australia wide are seeking an end to the crisis
surrounding the practise of mulesing, these personal attack on individuals
seeking to bring about resolution, are indicative of the mishandling of
the situation by the industry leadership...
more
20th June 2005
A leading and influential delegation is traveling this week to New York
to meet with People for Ethical treatment of Animals, PETA, and is seeking
to bring about a breakthrough in the mulesing controversy facing the Australian
Wool Industry... more
14th June 2005
AWGA to meet with PETA in US... AWGA, and Animal Liberation and have been
invited to present information in New York to People for Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PETA)... more
10 June 2005
The recent announcement by Australian Wool Innovation, AWI, of a $2 million
Fly on the shoulder advertising campaign to address the image of wool
against the increasing activities of animal welfare organisations is another
disaster says the Australian Wool Growers Association... more
10 May 2005
Australian Wool and sheep industry task force get behind pain relief...
more
13 May 2005 The Australian Wool Growers Association Annual General Meeting
...more
9 May 2005
A well attended and dynamic wool forum held in Sydney last weekend has
taken a huge step forward towards the process of removing the international
boycotts of Australian wool due to the controversial practice of mulesing...
more
14 April 2005
Leading international wool process Mr L Modiano speaks out about the wool
industry and the urgent need for promotion... more
22 March 2005
US animal rights group PETA has succeeded in having an injunction filed
by the Australian wool industry thrown out of the Federal Court... more
7th March 2005
The revelation on the ABC Radio National Background Briefing aired yesterday
by the Chief of Australian Wool Innovation that the National Training
and Accreditation Program for Mulesing, introduced at a cost of $360,000
will only “help make some people feel more comfortable” brings
into serious question the course of action taken by AWI against the boycott
on Australian Wool... more
4th March 2005
“The announcement by Federal Primary Industry Minister Warren Truss
that the Federal Government is to seek options to assist livestock producers
from ongoing and potential attack by animal activists is welcomed and
timely” says the Australian Wool Growers Association... more
14th February 2005
Wool Marketing must be number one priority”. It is time to go out
and sell the positives of wool, to a consumer base that by and large does
not understand or appreciate the many natural benefits of wool”…says
AWGA... more
31st January 2005 AWI Legal Action must be short swift and decisive…says
AWGA
“The latest suggestions that any legal action to counter animal
activists may take years to resolve are not in the best interest of woolgrowers”
says AWGA Chairman Chick Olsson... more
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