Is it illegal to make students disect an animal in public schools in Australia?

Oh i remember this topic! Ill give an update! I told my teacher that i had ethical reasons against disecting and she gave me a plastic heart and lot's of diagrams when everyone else did the heart disection. She was so nice too she said i didn't have to be in the same room when everyone else was doing it.

Here is an interesting alternative:

http://theinformedvegan.com/post/4264400184/google-body-could-stop-classroom-dissection