So far, five shearers have been sentenced on cruelty to animals charges, and another is scheduled to appear next month.

These shearers' appalling treatment of sheep was documented in a PETA US video exposé, which revealed that shearers beat scared sheep in the face with electric clippers, punched them and stamped on their heads and necks.

While Horsham is in the eye of the storm, this billboard is not targeting these particular cases.

Abuse of sheep in shearing sheds is widespread and systemic and the investigators found gratuitous cruelty in every one of the 19 Australian sheds that they visited.

While drugs are not the only cause of such abuse, they undoubtedly play a part. 

Liberal Party delegate and wool producer Robert Lawrence said that one shearer on his farm, "(broke) 14 legs (of sheep) during two days' shearing" and called drug use one of the "top three issues facing the wool industry".

Shearing and drugs do not mix.

In order to curtail some of the worst abuses, all shearers should be tested for drugs before they report to work. If they refuse, they should be fired.

PETA's billboard urges anyone who witnesses abuse or negligence involving animals to report it.

Consumers can make a significant difference, too.

The only way to ensure that no animals suffer for our food and clothing choices is to go vegan.

Ashley Fruno, associate director, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Australia

EVERY day, there are 44,000 homeless young people around Australia. 

Youth Homelessness Matters Day, on Wednesday, helped to spread the message of ending youth homelessness. 

I always say that youth homelessness and the way we treat our disadvantaged young people is our national disgrace. We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world yet we still can’t manage to give the support and care to those who need it most.

Homelessness is often invisible to everyday Australians. 

Sure, we pass those sleeping rough in our major cities but the realistic embodiment of homelessness is much different. 

Homelessness is not just sleeping on the streets; people you come across in your every day life can be homeless without you even noticing. 

Homelessness can include couch surfing, living in refuges and sleeping in cars.

You may not visibly recognise these people as homeless, but their experience is real and traumatic.

Homelessness is not knowing where you will stay on any given night, not having somewhere safe to go after school or not having any fixed place to call home.

At Youth Off The Streets, we tackle all sides of homelessness. 

Our Street Walk in Sydney ensures we reach out to those sleeping rough on the streets, while our outreach services employ locally and provide events to bring the community closer together.

We provide crisis accommodation and homelessness services to young Australians and we have recently increased funding to tackle family violence, the leading cause of homelessness in Australia.

We ask people, won’t you stop, think and spread the message about our invisible homeless?

Father Chris Riley, chief executive and founder, Youth Off The Streets