New skills-based Board assumes governance as AVBC completes transition to Company Limited by Guarantee 5 June 2026 Melbourne, Australia — The Australasian Veterinary Boards Council
On 21 August 2024, the inaugural meeting of the Regulation of Veterinary Nurses & Technicians Working Party (RVNT WP) took place, marking a significant milestone in the journey towards the professionalisation and statutory regulation of veterinary nurses (VNs) and veterinary technicians (VTs) in Australia.
AVBC is delighted to announce that at the AVBC meeting on 18 July 2024, the Council agreed to accredit the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) veterinary science program.
The Australian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC) is embarking on an ambitious initiative to develop a National Veterinary Database in Australia. To lead this critical project, AVBC is searching for a talented Business Analyst to join their team.
AVBC is delighted to announce that City University of Hong Kong’s Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, has become the first veterinary school outside of Australia and New Zealand to be guided from “reasonable assurance” to accreditation by a series of its expert teams. After all Boards had time to consider the report from the site visit to the school at the end of May this year, the decision was ratified at the AVBC meeting on the 21 September.
The Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC) today passed a special resolution to add the Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia (VSBSA) to its list of members. The unanimous vote on the return of the VSBSA to the AVBC signifies the possibility of adopting national (with New Zealand) policies supporting the highest standards of veterinary regulation and synergy within the Australasian veterinary regulatory community.
In May this year, AVBC organised a Workshop session on psychological safety for its member veterinary boards. Led by Rosie Overfield from Mindpod Consulting and Mary Lydamore from the Veterinary Practitioners Board of New South Wales, the session emphasised the value of compassionate, open, and non-judgmental communication in interactions with complainants and veterinary practitioners.
AVBC recognises that veterinarians are often fearful about regulatory processes and communicating with veterinary boards. Acknowledging these apprehensions, AVBC is working on approaches to boost psychological safety within the veterinary regulatory community.
The Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC) was represented in several sessions at the recent Australian Veterinary Association annual national conference in Adelaide.
Regulation and title protection of veterinary nurses and technicians is a step closer with the AVBC and the VNCA reaching agreement to progress these issues at a collaborative workshop in Melbourne.
