The Animal Justice Party bill was introduced to NSW State Parliament late last year and a parliamentary hearing will be held on Tuesday, August 11.
NSW Farmers president James Jackson said the push to ban mulesing was counter to achieving positive animal welfare outcomes.
“Mulesing is an effective flystrike mitigation tool, so it needs to be maintained for the sake of animal welfare,” Mr Jackson said.
“Banning mulesing would expose millions of sheep to the risk of flystrike, which is a substantially worse welfare outcome.
“There is a real danger that banning mulesing could lead to increased dependency on trade sensitive chemical treatments.
“Greater use of these chemicals also creates the risk of flies becoming more quickly resistant to insecticides, which would lead to sub-optimal flystrike mitigation."
Animal Justice Party MP Mark Pearson introduced the bill to ban mulesing and said it was in the interest of wool growers to have certainty from the government about the future of mulesing.
“Getting this bill sent to an inquiry is a victory for the six million lambs in NSW alone who are mulesed without pain relief every year,” Mr Pearson said.
“We now have the opportunity to show the government how the community feels about the horrific practice of mulesing.”
The news comes as Victoria implemented mandatory pain relief regulations for sheep mulesing on July 1.
Mr Jackson said NSW Farmers supported the use of pain relief during mulesing through an industry led-initiative but would not support mandating pain relief through government regulation.
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