Australia's Vet Access Deserts Where an Hour is the Difference Between Life and Death. ABC News 15/1/26

[Deeds]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-15/australia-vet-care-access-deserts-life-and-death-for-animals/106229268

[tdierikx]

Reinventing the wheel here... as there was a similar inquiry in NSW in 2023 -  https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/inquiries/Pages/inquiry-details.aspx?pk=2964

 

A myriad of findings and recommendations were made in that inquiry... no real action has been taken as yet though.

 

WARNING: if you read through the submissions to the above inquiry, please note that some are quite distressing.

 

The problems are many, ranging from inadequate education given to vet science students as budgets are tightened at universities, vets preferring to stay in urban areas and dealing primarily with desexing and dentals on dogs and cats, massive HECS debts necessitating staying in urban areas to sustain repayment of those debts, lack of mentorship for livestock veterinary practices, etc... then all of the emotional and business related issues that arise in the profession... it's a minefield really. Even the government hasn't got enough in-house vets allocated to biosecurity issues/monitoring, instead relying on reporting from already overstretched regional and rural private vet clinics.

 

T.