By Rachel Smith, CEO, Animal-Free Science Advocacy Presented at ANZCCART Conference 2025 In an age of increasing public scrutiny and ethical accountability, how institutions respond to concerns about animal research matters more than ever. Yet, too often, those responses come in the form of “stock replies”—standardised, predictable, and often superficial
The Australian Openness Agreement is a voluntary pledge that can be signed by organisations wishing to demonstrate commitment to greater transparency in the use of animals for research or teaching. The launch of the Agreement places Australia alongside nine other countries with similar agreements. The first of these was the
The Problem Australians have a right to know how public money is used, but information on animal use in research and teaching is inconsistent and mostly inaccessible—making genuine accountability impossible. Animal use in science takes place largely behind closed doors, with limited public reporting, no national system for collating statistics,
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