Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement in a Facebook submit on Sunday, saying the animal welfare legal guidelines could be debated in parliament this week.
“We’re passing legislation to crack down on the inhumane treatment of animals in Queensland,” the premier stated in her submit.
“That includes banning the use and possession of pronged dog collars like this one, she said, referring to a photo of one of the collars.
“We know nearly all of Queenslanders assist more durable penalties and rules in opposition to cruelty to animals.”
Pronged collars are illegal to import into Australia but are so far only banned for use in Victoria.
The RSPCA says on its website the collars are used to “right” dogs by “inflicting ache as punishment”.
“RSPCA Australia is against using canine pronged collars because of the potential threat of damage, ache and struggling they trigger and since different extra humane coaching strategies can be found,” the organisation said on its website.
The proposed laws comes after the Palaszczuk Government performed a assessment of animal assessment legal guidelines starting in 2020, which attracted 1000’s of submissions from the general public.