Bush users fight back on National Park plan
Bush users have ramped up their fight against the Allan Labor Government, launching a parliamentary e-petition opposing any potential closure of public access in Victoria state forests. The petition is…
Bath calls for transparency in duck season debate
With the 2024 duck about to commence, The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath has called on the Allan Labor Government to release the evidence it used to restrict…
Forum sends message to Labor to back hunting
Hundreds turned up to a forum in Wonthaggi to send a message to the Allan Labor Government to keep hunting of ducks, quail and deer on the table. Attendees moved…
Labor uses Duck Inquiry to justify its end game
The final report in the Inquiry into Victoria’s Recreational Native Bird Hunting Arrangements has been released. The Nationals MP and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Public Land Use Melina Bath said…
Constituency Question Duck Hunting
Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:52): (407) My question is to the Minister for Outdoor Recreation. Today we have seen the Animal Justice–Labor–Greens alliance hand down a flawed report that would…
Select Committee on Victoria’s Recreation Native Bird Hunting Arrangements
Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (09:42): This is a self-fulfilling prophecy, this select committee. The government stood up and said, ‘I want to ban duck hunting’, and lo and behold, some…
Stacked ducks inquiry puts ideology ahead of science
The Liberals and Nationals today strongly back the future of duck hunting in Victoria, after a biased and stacked Inquiry recommended the end of the practice. Labor, the Greens and…
Dan’s duck decision hurts small business
The Andrews Government’s decision to restrict duck opening is significantly impacting Gippsland small businesses. With opening season only days away, local small businesses have borne the financial brunt of Labor’s…
Duck Hunting
Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (19:37): (106) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Outdoor Recreation in the other place. The action I seek from the minister is that she…
Statement on Duck Hunting
The Andrews Government’s announcement of that the 2023 duck season will only run for five weeks with a four-bag limit and 8AM start time is a disgraceful slur on Gippsland’s…