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On March 30, 2017, the ABC’s 7.30 Report televised coverage of nearly 200 duck carcasses buried at Koorangie State Game Reserve, indicating shooters had gone beyond their bag limit and prompting the Game Management Authority to close the Reserve to hunters for the rest of the season.
On January 23, 2016, 9 News televised a report of the Victorian Government’s announcement that the duck hunting season would proceed despite record low duck numbers. Supporters and critics of duck shooting are interviewed.
On April 21, 2016, Animals Australia telecast this video opposing the decision of the Victorian Government to contribute $5 million toward the work of a hunting lobby group.
On April 6, 2016, SBS current affairs program The Feed, televised a nine minute segment giving detailed background information on duck hunting in Victoria and the different views on the issue.
A four-minute promotional video produced by Duck and Quail Hunting Australia in the lead-up to the 2016 duck season in Victoria.
In November 2014, Sky News televised the views of then Victorian Premier, Dennis Napthine, and then leader of the Opposition, Daniel Andrews, both of whom support the continuation of duck hunting.
In 2014 Victoria’s Game Management Authority produced a three minute video outlining the importance of duck hunting to Victoria and steps taken to preserve species.
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On March 29, 2017, the ABC published a news report titled 'Discovery of nearly 200 dead ducks dumped in pit reignites debate over hunting' The report details the discovery of the carcasses of some 200 shot ducks which conservationists believe may have been taken over bag limits and dumped.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-29/illegal-duck-shooting-prompts-hunting-licence-arrangements/8396430
On March 29, 2017, The Courier Cobram published an article titled 'Duck season starts with war of words'
The report details the arrest of a number of protesters against duck shooting at the start of the Victorian duck season and the closure of the Koorangie Game Reserve, west of Kerang, , following the illegal shooting of two threatened species - at least 75 freckled ducks and 22 blue-billed ducks.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.cobramcourier.com.au/rural/index?year=2017&month=03&day=29&post_id=81264&slug=hunt-protests-staged
On March 18, 2017, ABC News published a report titled 'Duck hunting opponents attempt image shake-up as Victorian season begins'
The report deals with the formation of a new lobby group titled Regional Victorians opposed to Duck Shooting. It considers their arguments and some of those put against the group's claims.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-18/duck-hunting-opponents-image-shake-up-as-season-begins/8363064
On March 15, 2017, The Bendigo Advertiser published a news report titled 'Regional Victorian duck hunt opponents form new group to lobby for ban'
The article details the formation of a lobby group titled Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting in the lead up to the 2017 duck hunting season in Victoria. The group suggests there is substantial opposition to duck hunting among country Victorians and that the economic advantages have been exaggerated.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/4531472/not-in-our-backyard-regional-duck-hunt-opposition-grows/
In March, 2017, prior to the opening of the Victorian duck hunting season, the Greens updated their Internet page calling for the end of duck hunting.
The page details the risk duck hunting poses to species survival, the cruelty involved and also questions the economic advantages that attach to duck hunting.
The full page can be accessed at http://greens.org.au/initiatives/vic/end-duck-shooting
On February 23, 2017, Field and Game Australia published a report titled 'State Game Reserve Audit'
The report includes an overview of the important historical role that duck hunters and the licence fees they pay have played in the establishment of State Game Reserves.
The full text can be accessed at http://news.fieldandgame.com.au/2017/02/23/1755/state-game-reserve-audit
On February 22, 2017, the Coalition Against Duck Hunting issued a media release titled 'The link between animal abuse and human violence'
The comment is written by the Campaign Director, Laurie Levy, and involves a further explanation of claims Levy has earlier made that there is a connection between violence directed at animals and violence directed at other human beings.
The full text can be accessed http://www.duck.org.au/
On February 2, 2017, the Coalition Against Duck Hunting issued a media release titled 'World Wetlands Day - a missed opportunity to hunt tourism, not ducks'
The comment argues that developing regional wetlands as tourist attractions would bring large numbers of visitors to country Victoria and be of greater economic advantage than duck hunting.
The full text can be accessed http://www.duck.org.au/
On January 10, 2017, The Shepparton News published a report titled 'Duck hunting season listed'
The report gives a range of views on the opening of the season including those who welcome and those who oppose the sport.
The full report can be accessed at http://www.sheppnews.com.au/rural/2017/01/10/68759/duck-hunting-season-listed
On January 9, 2017, The Gippsland Times and Maffra Spectator carried a news item titled 'Duck hunting season announced'
The article presents a range of views on the benefits and disadvantages that duck hunting brings for regional Victoria.
The full text of the article can be accessed at http://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/story/4392062/duck-hunting-season-announced/
On January 4, 2017, Animals Australia released an In the News comment and analysis titled 'Victoria authorises duck hunting season despite lowest numbers in 34 years'
The report details the Victorian Government's decision to go ahead with the 2017 duck hunting season and not to restrict bag limits despite historically low levels of birdlife abundance.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.animalsaustralia.org/media/in_the_news.php?article=5942
Animals Australia's fact sheet outlining the reasons why the group oppose duck shooting can be accessed at http://www.animalsaustralia.org/factsheets/duck_shooting.php
The recently formed lobby group Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting has an Internet site which stresses the scientific and economic arguments against duck hunting.
The site can be accessed at https://www.regionalvictoriansotds.com/
On January 3, 2017, The Adelaide Advertiser published a news report titled 'Minister announces full-length 12-week duck hunting season for Victoria and Geelong'
The report includes the differing views of a range of stakeholders commenting on the opening of the 2017 duck season.
The report can be accessed at http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong/minister-announces-fulllength-12week-duck-hunting-season-for-victoria-and-geelong/news-story/f14c1254f6a44fe866c456c38e6edf7b
On December 15, 2016, the RSPCA issued its '2017 Duck season advice'. The advice details the risk duck hunting poses to duck species survival and the inherent cruelty involved. The RSPCA makes a number of recommendations to the Victorian Government's Game Management Authority, including banning the 2017 duck season or (if this is not politically possible) placing severe restrictions on the number of ducks that can be hunted.
The text of this advice can be accessed at http://www.rspcavic.org/documents/Campaigns/duck/RSPCA%20Victoria%20submission%20to%20the%20GMA.pdf
On January 31, 2016, The Age published a report titled 'Premier Daniel Andrews faces internal Labor dissent over duck hunting'
The report details the dissention within the Victorian Labor Party over the government's decision to allow another duck hunting season, despite the Party's environmental policy committee calling for a permanent ban.
The full text of the report can be accessed at http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/premier-daniel-andrews-faces-internal-labor-dissent-over-duck-hunting-20160130-gmhly7.html
Field & Game Australia gives an overview and some details of duck hunters' habitat conservation work on a section of their Internet site. The full details can be accessed at http://www.fieldandgame.com.au/page/conservation
Sporting Clays Australia has a section of its Internet site given over to an explanation of the appeal of hunting.
The full text of this justification can be accessed at http://sportingclaysaustralia.com.au/about-us/
The Victorian Government's Game Management Authority oversees the regulations surrounding all forms of hunting. Those governing the acquisition of a hunting licence can be read at http://www.gma.vic.gov.au/licensing/apply-for-a-game-licence
Details of the Waterfowl Identification test can be accessed at http://www.gma.vic.gov.au/licensing/apply-for-a-game-licence/waterfowl-identification-test
Information regarding hunting seasons and bag limits can be accessed at http://www.gma.vic.gov.au/hunting/hunting-seasons
The principles of ethical hunting are explained at http://www.gma.vic.gov.au/hunting/duck/ethical-hunting
Overall regulations regarding duck hunting can be accessed at http://www.gma.vic.gov.au/hunting/duck
On January 9, 2016, The Combined Firearms Council of Victoria published a comment by Neil Jenkins titled 'Federal MP misfires on duck hunting'
The opinion piece criticises a federal Member of Parliament for calling for the banning of duck shooting. Mr Jenkins emphasises the economic importance of the duck season to rural areas.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.firearmscouncil.org.au/index.php/2016/01/09/federal-mp-misfires-on-duck-hunting/
On March 24, 2014, The Guardian published a comment by Rohan Anderson titled 'Eating off the land in March: duck hunting'.
The opinion piece describes the pleasure to be derived from duck hunting, including that of savouring the meat of the birds that have been shot.
The full text of this article can be accessed at https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/australia-food-blog/2014/mar/24/food-in-season-duck-hunting-march
On February 20, 2013, BBC News published a report titled 'Just quackers: Hunting decline lands ducks in the soup'
The report demonstrated that with a decline in the number of duck hunters in the United States, the loss of their fees has caused a serious shortfall in the funds needed to conserve National Wildlife Refuges.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-21365324
In 2013, the Game Management Authority (GMA) commissioned a study estimating the economic benefits to Victoria from hunting. The study is titled 'Hunting economic study: Estimating the economic impact of hunting in Victoria in 2013'. It suggests that hunting makes a significant contribution to the Victorian economy and supplies data regarding the contribution that is made.
The study can be accessed at http://www.gma.vic.gov.au/research/hunting/hunting-economic-study
On June 15, 2011, Victorian Greens MLC, Sue Pennicuik, moved a motion in the Legislative Council calling for the abolition of duck hunting in Victoria. The motion details the cruelty involved and supplies data indicating that the sport is opposed by a large majority of Australians.
The arguments Ms Pennicuik put can be accessed at http://greens.org.au/greens-motion-duck-shooting-season
On March 30, 2011, The Conversation published a comment and analysis by Professor Richard Kingsford of the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales.
The article is titled 'Ducking and weaving: should we be hunting in Australia's wetlands?' and traces the problematic management of Australia's waterfowl over many decades.
The full text can be accessed at https://theconversation.com/ducking-and-weaving-should-we-be-hunting-in-australias-wetlands-148
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