Time to ban the retail sale of fur

Abigail gave notice of a motion today, calling for urgent action to crack down on the fur industry which is operating largely unregulated with cruel practices.

Abigail said:

(1) That this House notes that:

Australia imports millions of dollars’ worth of real and faux fur products each year, including for trims on clothing, accessories, souvenirs and children’s toys,
there are currently no federal or state laws in Australia to specifically govern the import, sale and use of fur, which results in products frequently mislabelled as faux when they are in fact real fur, oftentimes from endangered animals and prohibited species such as cats and dogs,
the Fur (Import and Sale) Bill is currently progressing through the UK Parliament, introduced by Labour MP Ruth Jones to extend existing bans on trade of fur from cats, dogs and seals to include foxes, raccoon dogs, mink, chinchilla, coyotes and other animals killed for fur fashion, and prevent the import and sale of new animal fur from all species. If passed into law, the ban would end the UK’s complicity in the cruelty of the global fur trade,
Switzerland became the first country in Europe to impose a ban on the import of fur produced under cruel conditions, which came into force on 1 July 2025,
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luxembourg, Serbia, Italy, France, North Macedonia, the Netherlands and the UK have legally prohibited fur farming and officially ended the breeding practice,
in response to growing pressure from consumers about the lack of traceability and standards, more brands are taking action to ban fur from their supply chains altogether, including over 1,500 Australian and global brands which have taken the Fur Free Retailer pledge not to sell fur,
an investigation by Four Paws Australia in 2020 revealed that out of 11 samples collected from retail outlets across Greater Sydney, eight items had no label at all, one item was exposed by forensic testing as being real animal fur despite claiming to be faux fur, four items were made of different animal fur than what they were labelled as, and there was little to no information on all the products tested regarding the origin of the animals used,
in 2020, Consumer Affairs Victoria launched an investigation into the mislabelling of fur products in Victoria, which found every product independently tested by the taskforce was wrongly labelled; despite the investigation finding serious breaches in consumer law, companies were only issued warnings, and
revelations exposed by Collective Fashion Justice in June 2025 have sparked public outrage in Victoria at the sale of clothing made from domestic cat fur and rabbit fur, despite being labelled as ‘100 per cent Australian sheepskin or wool’.

(2) That this House calls on the NSW government to:

urgently conduct an audit of the labelling of fur products sold in NSW,
introduce strong enforceable mechanisms to ensure that all fur products sold in NSW are accurately labelled in compliance with ethical and legal standards, and to prevent the sale of fur from prohibited species and endangered animals,
amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 to prohibit killing animals solely for fur and the use of fur products in NSW, and
advocate to the federal government to ban the import and sale of real fur from all fur bearing animals in Australia, introduce an information standard on fur labelling under Australian Consumer Law, and establish nationally-consistent testing mechanisms to ensure products comply with the law and that fake products are not mislabelled.

11 September 2025

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