Animal cruelty investigator dogged by tight leash on funds in NSW

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Thousands of animals could remain living in inhumane conditions as a major cruelty investigator faces a massive staff and funding shortfall. NSW Premier Chris Minns explains why his budget has nearly halved RSPCA funding. Donate: rspca.org.au/support-us/donate Vision courtesy: AAP

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00:00Look, we put an enormous amount of money, $11 million, into the RSPCA, I think in November

00:06of last year. We recognise that as an important contribution, but it's not an endless supply

00:12of money and we'd have to come to an array with the RSPCA, the ongoing funds. We don't

00:16have an announcement for that today.

00:17That $11 million was about half of what they got the year before. Can you see where the

00:21problem is that they don't have any certainty over how much money they're getting and it's

00:24their job to enforce the state's animal cruelty laws?

00:26Look, I'm genuinely not trying to be a pedant when it comes to this, but they were for

00:32different reasons. That was a $20 million fund provided by the previous government for capital

00:36worth, for infrastructure for the RSPCA. Money well spent. We're not disputing it. The money

00:42we put in was for Animal Enforcement. Prevention of cruelty to animals in New South Wales. We'll

00:51make funding arrangements to external bodies based on how much we can spend. At the moment,

00:57$3.00 is counted when it comes to the bike.

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