[bellbirdcats]

All pets should be kept within the owners' boundaries. My cats have never roamed and have either been totally indoors or in an enclosure. There are cheaper options for enclosures if you're willing to make it yourself.

 

[goatwhisperer]

All pets should be kept within the owners' boundaries. My cats have never roamed and have either been totally indoors or in an enclosure. There are cheaper options for enclosures if you're willing to make it yourself.

Well done. I dont own a cat, but love the pleasure I know they can bring as a companion for people. The council area I live in you have to register your cats tje same as for dogs.

 

[darrellh]

Local cats are always sitting on my patio chairs because their fur is continually on my chairs and I am always having to brush it off before I can sit down. It will be one plus of my move in a month or so. Hopefully no roaming cats

 

[Tipsy]

And so they should stop their cats from roaming and it should be Australia wide... Us dog owners have to comply so why not cat owners

 

[Ando1958]

Yes u have to keep dogs in why not cats they kill wild life walk all over scratch your car make your dogs and poo in your yard and your dog rolls in it and you have to wash your dog

 

[mylittletibbies]

Not before time. My cat doesn't leave my property just prefers her own yard, which is reasonably large.
There is nothing wrong with your cat becoming an indoor only cat if you can't afford an enclosure.
I had an enclosure for my cat when I lived in the city.
However I refused to pay a registration fee for my cat, when I was registering my dogs. What for?? If your cat is enclosed on your property then the council incur no costs with regard to your cat so what are they charging you for. I told them to take me to court. They never did.
I actually am not happy having to pay to register my two little dogs, who have no way of escaping from my property. I clean up after them when I walk them.
As per usual the majority of responsible dog owners have to pay for the minority of bad owners.

 

[glennkidd]

When ever my wife does some gardening, a local cat comes in the night and shits in the freshly dug dirt. It STINKS.
If I knew from where it came, I would collect that stinking pile and put it in their letterbox!

 

[Free.lander]

IT should be an Australian wide federal law
Unrestricted cats are the second biggest killer of wild life after toads and some feral cats are bigger than the average house hold dog
I have to register and de sex my dogs and ensure they are kept inside the boundary, yet cat owners do not accept any responsibility for their roaming cats The laws must be , all cats have to be de-sexed if not the property of registered cat breeders and unless there is an approved cat containment area , then the owners should have to pay 3 time what responsible cat owners do in registration fees.
The time is long gone when a kitten is given as pet and then abandoned in the wild when it becomes a nuisance

 

[Aussie all the Way]

This Law should be Australia wide and not areas only, it should just be cats should be kept in an enclosure or indoors. My cat is very happy with being pampered inside and she goes though a cupboard in the laundry to her cubby house and her toilets so it is a great place for her and me I don't have litter trays in the house.

 

[June E]

And so they should stop their cats from roaming and it should be Australia wide... Us dog owners have to comply so why not cat owners

Definitely agree it should be Australia wide ! I have a cat that lives on my sons property but he still isn’t allowed out because he’s deaf and never been allowed out.

 

[mylittletibbies]

When ever my wife does some gardening, a local cat comes in the night and shits in the freshly dug dirt. It STINKS.
If I knew from where it came, I would collect that stinking pile and put it in their letterbox!

You can hire a cat trap from your local council and the ranger will come and collect it.
My friend did this, at my suggestion, when her neighbour's cat kept killing birds in her backyard. I stayed with her for a week and there were three dead birds in that week. One was a galah.
Her neighbours attitude was that it was what cat's do???
After having to pay three times to get her cat back from the pound she finally got the message as my friend hasn't had any problems since.

 

[Free.lander]

You can hire a cat trap from your local council and the ranger will come and collect it.
My friend did this, at my suggestion, when her neighbour's cat kept killing birds in her backyard. I stayed with her for a week and there were three dead birds in that week. One was a galah.
Her neighbours attitude was that it was what cat's do???
After having to pay three times to get her cat back from the pound she finally got the message as my friend hasn't had any problems since.

some pet owners are as thick as 2 planks and cat owners in general think they are not responsible for their cat-- truth be told , dog crap doesn't stink half as bad as cat crap does and is better garden fertiliser.

 

[mylittletibbies]

This Law should be Australia wide and no ares only it should just be cats should be kept in an enclosure or indoors. My cat is very happy with being pampered inside and she goes though a cupboard in the laundry to her cubby house and her toilets so it is a great place for her and me I don't have litter trays in the house.

I had a similar set up once before. I purchased a small flat pack chicken coop and had a doggy door fitted in my laundry wall, which opened onto the back verandah. It was big enough for the litter tray and enough room for tbe cat to get some fresh air and enjoy the sunshine. The whole set up costs hundreds, not thousands of dollars.

 

[Gerrit H. Schorel-Hlavka]

I never owned a cat but nevertheless as a constitutionalist question the legislative powers of the Commonwealth regarding the Cat Act 2011 other then for the Territories?

Hansard 1-3-1898 Constitution Convention Debates (Official Record of the Debates of the National Australasian Convention)

QUOTE

Mr. GORDON.-Well, I think not. I am sure that if the honorable member applies his mind to the subject he will see it is not abstruse. If a statute of either the Federal or the states Parliament be taken into court the court is bound to give an interpretation according to the strict hyper-refinements of the law. It may be a good law passed by "the sovereign will of the people," although that latter phrase is a common one which I do not care much about. The court may say-"It is a good law, but as it technically infringes on the Constitution we will have to wipe it out." As I have said, the proposal I support retains some remnant of parliamentary sovereignty, leaving it to the will of Parliament on either side to attack each other's laws.

END QUOTE

And

Hansard 9-3-1898 Constitution Convention Debates (Official Record of the Debates of the National Australasian Convention)

QUOTE

Mr. DEAKIN (Victoria).-The position of my honorable and learned friend (Mr. [start page 2092] Higgins) may be perfectly correct. It may be that without any special provision the practice of the High Court, when declaring an Act ultra vires, would be that such a declaration applied only to the part which trespassed beyond the limits of the Constitution. If that were so, it would be a general principle applicable to the interpretation of the whole of the Constitution.

END QUOTE

 

[GreyWolf_Rod]

Yet... on the other hand... councils and government are happy to completley obliterate wildlife habitat and foretry etc... for financial gain like e-windmills and solar farms... government (all levels) are completely un-concerned about holding themselves accountable.

 

[BJM]

I am a retired ( registered ) but responsible breeder for over 30 years and none of mine have never been allowed outside - ever. This decision will help with the deluge of having unwanted kittens going to animal shelters Councils don't seem to regularly culling wildlife and habitat for financial gain though.

 

[BJM]

Not before time. My cat doesn't leave my property just prefers her own yard, which is reasonably large.
There is nothing wrong with your cat becoming an indoor only cat if you can't afford an enclosure.
I had an enclosure for my cat when I lived in the city.
However I refused to pay a registration fee for my cat, when I was registering my dogs. What for?? If your cat is enclosed on your property then the council incur no costs with regard to your cat so what are they charging you for. I told them to take me to court. They never did.
I actually am not happy having to pay to register my two little dogs, who have no way of escaping from my property. I clean up after them when I walk them.
As per usual the majority of responsible dog owners have to pay for the minority of bad owners.

In my area there’s no council fee for desexed cats and yes they’ve never been allowed outside.

 

[Squizzy1]

Wow, I don't know about having ur enclosure around the aircon exhaust.

 

[Veggiepatch]

Households should be fined for letting their feral pets out in the community.

They are their two legged offspring.

Senior members of the household caught of a second offence shall be mandatorily sterilised.