Business View Oceania - June 2023

15 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 5, ISSUE 6 The AVA facilitates member connections through over 20 special interest groups: Acupuncture, Animal Welfare & Ethics, Behaviour, Business, Cattle, Conservation Biology, Dental, Education, Research & Academia, Equine, Greyhound, Industry, Integrative, Pig, Poultry, Public Health, Reproduction, Sheep, Camelid & Goat, Small Animal, Student, and Unusual Pet & Avian. Dr. Vale shares, “Our special interest groups bring together industry experts in a variety of fields to further things like research and development, vet education, and public awareness on related issues. They also help us as an association form our policies and initiate our advocacy agendas across the industry. We have a pretty collegial membership base, so it’s a great opportunity to put our heads together. These groups all have their own committees and electoral processes, as do our state divisions, so it’s our job as the peak body to bring them all together, provide administrative support and professional development opportunities, and make all the resources they may need available to them. Probably our biggest role, however, is enabling dialogue between our members and our government, policymakers, etcetera, to help bring attention to and solve various industry issues.” The AVA communicates with their members via the Australian Veterinary Journal, published AUSTRAL I AN VETER INARY ASSOC I AT ION