Working to ensure those in the profession achieve and maintain high professional standards of competence and conduct in their provision of veterinary treatment.
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Ross is Adelaide born and bred, growing up with a love of animals and the country. He attended Urrbrae Agricultural High School for secondary education, and then studied Agricultural Science at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, with Honours in Animal Science. This degree was complemented with a degree in Agricultural Economics studied at UNE in Armidale NSW.
Ross undertook secondary Education studies and became an Agriculture Teacher for the SA Department for Education. He has spent time teaching on the Yorke Peninsula, in the Riverland, at Urrbrae and now in the Adelaide Hills. Whilst teaching, he also spent 11 years as the Chief Assessor for Agricultural & Horticultural Science for the SSABSA/SACE Board. Due to an interest, he undertook study in Law and was admitted in NSW.
Ross currently serves on the SA Department for Education Animal Ethics Committee, and the Law Society of SA Animal Law committee. His hobby interests, over numerous years he has run his own Belted Galloway beef cattle stud and shown Terrier dogs.
Working to ensure those in the profession achieve and maintain high professional standards of competence and conduct in their provision of veterinary treatment.
Correspondence Policy
We recommend using our postal address if your correspondence is sensitive and/or includes hard copy or confidential attachments (such as photos or documents). Please ensure you include a return postal address.
Our approach
When we perform our work, we aim to be fair, impartial, consistent, respectful, courteous.
How you can help us
To allow us to perform our work effectively and efficiently, we expect that you will familiarise yourself with our correspondence policy, give us accurate and complete information, treat us with respect and courtesy.
We aim to respond to correspondence, where required, within 20 working days of receipt.
Sometimes the matters raised in correspondence are complex and require detailed investigation in which case our response time will be longer.
There may be occasions where the issues you raise are outside our responsibilities. In this case we will refer you to the appropriate organisation or government department/agency. We encourage you to check to see if your issue is within our jurisdiction before you correspond with us. For example, if your enquiry relates to the ability of a veterinary surgeon to obtain, possess, prescribe or dispense Schedule 4 drugs, please direct your enquiry to the Office of the Chief Pharmacist: SAPharmacy@health.sa.gov.au. If your enquiry relates to the ability of a veterinary surgeon to obtain, possess, prescribe or dispense Schedule 8 drugs, please direct your enquiry to SA Health: HealthDrugsofDependenceUnit@sa.gov.au
We do not provide legal advice or personal advisory services to members of the community, veterinary services providers or veterinary surgeons.
We will only respond to items where we are the primary recipient. We will not respond to correspondence where we have been included as a carbon copy.
We will delete unsolicited advertisements without response.
We will not respond to correspondence containing offensive language or content.
We will forward any correspondence containing threatening content or advocating illegal activities to South Australia Police.
Your correspondence, once received, will become an official record of the Veterinary Surgeons Board of South Australia.