At the moment we have no shooters party MPs - but both Labor and Liberal
governments have endorsed duck hunting here despite the opinion polls and
lobbying. Given the environmental record of the current Liberal mob (even
worse than Labor!) I would not be surprised if they seized on something
like this to appeal to a few more rednecks - they have a VERY slim majority
to defend at the next election.
On 9 July 2012 13:51, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> If the Victorian Gov. is entirely dependent on the good graces of a
> shooters lobby to enable legislation, I would say, very soon. It looks like
> a duck season will return to NSW next year, according to what I hear out of
> Orange, from whence the NSW Game Council issues it's decrees. Now that the
> Shooters and Fishers Party has a taste of blood in NSW, they will be going
> for what they can get nation wide.
>
> Carl Clifford
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 09/07/2012, at 11:37, Dave Torr <> wrote:
>
> So only get shot if you are in a marginal seat would seem to be the best
> policy?
>
> I wonder how long before our wonderful Victorian Govt takes up this great
> idea???
>
> On 9 July 2012 11:14, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> The NSW Shooters and Fishers party now claims that hunters will be
>> shooting in National Parks unsupervised and that parks will not be closed
>> while hunting is taking place. See
>> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-09/fears-of-unsupervised-nsw-national-parks-hunting/4118214
>>
>> I wonder how many non-hunters being accidentally shot it will take,
>> before this excellent bit of policy is reversed. I suppose that depends on
>> what electorate the victim comes from.
>>
>> Carl Clifford
>>
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