Downloads & Resources

Some documents speak. Others only point to the silence around them.

This is not just a list of files.
It is a memory scaffold — a trace of what institutions reveal, conceal, or refuse to record.

Each document is a structural artifact.
Some show presence. Others expose absence.
Together, they testify to the architecture of silence that surrounds farmed animal suffering in Western Australia.

🧾 FOI Traces & Institutional Silences

Documents that exist only because absence was forced to speak.

DPIRD FOI Application
Formal request for inspection outcomes, audit records, and DI activities (2022–2025).
What the system was asked — and tried to avoid answering.
FOI Response – 1 May 2025
States no such documents exist.
Systemic silence, officially acknowledged.
Section 26 Statement
Accompanies the refusal request.
Outlines the legal structure of denial.
Due Date Extension Request
Records time negotiation during FOI cycle.
Shows how delay is built into disclosure.
Notice of Decision – 30 May 2025
Formal confirmation that no DI records exist.
Refusal formalised through administrative process.
Document 1 – Facility Inspection Summary
A blank checklist created post-request.
Presence without substance.
DI Transparency Timeline (PNG)
Visual map of policy claims vs. documentation silence (2002–2025).
When the promise of oversight meets the practice of omission.
OIC Rejection of External Review – 12 June 2025
FOI Commissioner declines to proceed until internal review is completed.
Oversight deferred to originating agency.
DPIRD Internal Review Acknowledgement – 12 June 2025
DPIRD’s formal confirmation of the internal review process, as required by the OIC before further external oversight.
A structural pause before accountability can proceed.
FOI Internal Review Acknowledgement – 19 June 2025
Confirms DPIRD has accepted internal review process following OIC referral.
Systemic absence now under internal scrutiny.

📚 Legislative Reviews & Public Submissions

Where transparency was proposed — and postponed.

Easton Review – 2015
First statutory review of the Animal Welfare Act.
Called for inspection data — none was implemented.
Independent Panel Report – 2020
Recommends DI oversight and training.
Highlights absence of enforcement infrastructure.
WA Government Response – 2021
“Accepted in principle.”
Implementation has not been evidenced.
Stakeholder Submissions – 2019
Advocacy groups called for change.
The will was present — the system did not move.
Stakeholder Forums Summary – 2020
Highlights limited focus on DI transparency.
Discussion present, structural commitment missing.

🏛️ Governance Structures & Omissions

The parts of the system that forget to mention themselves.

DPIRD Annual Report 2023–24
No mention of DI inspections.
An omission repeated across years.
DPIRD Information Statement 2024–25
Outlines FOI procedures.
But silent on DI operations.
Trespass Legislation FAQ – 2023
Criminalises facility entry.
Legal access remains unmonitored.
Regulatory Compliance Philosophy
Language of enforcement strategy.
Lacks DI-specific accountability.
AWAC Terms of Reference
Defines oversight role.
No public outputs since reinstatement.

📨 Political & Committee Responses

The only institutional voices that responded.

Minister Jarvis Reply – Empty Acknowledgement
States matter has been referred to DPIRD.
No substantive response or policy comment.
Public Administration Committee Reply – 11 June 2025
Confirms receipt and classification of submission.
No review decision yet communicated.
Jess Beckerling (Greens WA) – Personal Reply
Expresses support and notes systemic transparency failures.
Rare moment of political acknowledgment.

🐑 Agricultural Frames & Ethical Alternatives

Rare traces of non-violent possibility within a violent system.

Primary Industries Plan 2020–24
Economic and trade roadmap.
Animal welfare left unspoken.
2023 Plan Update
Focused on productivity and export.
Suffering excluded from the vision.
Guardian Animals in WA Sheep Farming
Non-lethal methods for predator control.
One of the few state-recognised ethical transitions.

🚫 Not Yet Released / Under Request

Silence is not passive — it is designed, structured, and defended.

AWAC meeting minutes (2022–2025) — FOI Round 2 pending
DI training protocols — no public access granted
Enforcement audits or evaluations — declared nonexistent under FOI
Public-facing DI inspection data — still structurally absent

To remember what was denied is also a form of witness.
This archive will continue to grow — in presence, in absence, and in demand for coherence.
Because if no record exists, then refusal must be what remains.

All documents and correspondence archived here relate to official, public business.
Personal contact details (such as private phone numbers or non-official emails) have been redacted where applicable.
Citation or reuse of these materials should acknowledge this archive as the source and respect the context of their publication.