"Independent Member for Sydney Alex Greenwich today [11th Sept.] introduced a bill to ensure that sponsored trap-neuter-return and management (TNR) programs are lawful.

TNR programs involve desexing animals in a specific group or colony of unowned stray animals and returning them to where they were found where they stop breeding, allowing the population to stabilise....
In New South Wales there are a number of successful volunteer run programs but they may not be lawful because returning a non-native animal to where it came from could constitute the ‘abandoning’ or liberating’ offences."

http://www.alexgreenwich.com/bill_to_manage_stray_cats_introduced#sthash.RtJvOJTA.dpuf

One wonders how neutered cats are to then survive in the wild, perhaps the far sighted Alex Greenwich has also arranged for them to be converted to vegetarianism or, better still, to become vegans.

I don't see the point of returning neutered cats to the bush Is Mise.
What purpose would that serve?

The 'feel good' factor for the clowns that thought up the idea, remember they want to do the same for rabbits and one presumes for wild dogs also.

CSIRO says there are more than 15 million feral cats in Australia that kill 75 million animals every night. Unabashed, this Sydney clown is going to catch and neuter them and release them to continue killing.

Then there is the question of who pays for this grand plan.

Someone please tell the member for Sydney that cats migrate. Cats do not recognise the city limits or post codes. There is always a high level of population turnover and plenty of randy transients.

Catch, neuter and release rabbits, foxes and wild pigs? Maybe catch and release Indian Mynah birds too? The possibilities are endless. Enormously expensive too and a complete waste of time. Oh, to be a veterinarian! New Mercedes, the biggest one, please.

For the member for Sydney,
Issue that red nose, rainbow wig and white greasepaint pronto. Over-sized shoes too. Clown make-up online,
http://www.mehron.com/Clown_Makeup_s/3.htm

It is unnecessary to mention I suppose given the silliness of the member for Sydney's grand plan, but euthanasia would be far less painful for the cat and avoids the vexed problem of over-use of antibiotics and likelihood of infection following surgery. Neutering operations are not without pain and risks.

Then there is also the problem of handling, housing and releasing feral cats that are already reservoirs of disease and parasites. Every single one would present health problems, from mange through to cancers. Treat and cure all of that as well? Maybe every veterinarian needs to buy the biggest Mercedes and a pad on the French Riviera. Yay!

We need a "Myxomatosis" for felines, one that at the very least sterilises them but preferably kills them.
Australia has no native cats to worry about, zoo felines could be immunised and household pets could just take their chances as far as I'm concerned, even little Timmykins kills natives at every opportunity.