Honourable Speaker, I rise tonight to talk about the annual slaughter of native ducks. Other states have moved to ban it, Western Australia, New South Wales , ACT, and Queensland.
From dawn tomorrow the sound of gunfire will ring out across waterways around Tasmania, marking the start of this year's native duck hunting season
Nature lovers across lutruwita/Tasmania are celebrating World Wetlands Day today.
The Tasmanian Greens have today written to Minister for Environment Roger Jaensch calling on him to intervene and stop the hunting of native ducks in Tasmania.
Native birds being blasted from the skies is not sport, and it’s not the Tasmanian way of life.
The Greens tabled two Bills in Parliament today, designed to protect our state’s unique and special native wildlife.
Gun shots echoed across Tasmania’s inland waterways this morning, as native ducks were blasted out of the skies in the name of ‘sport’.
Primary Industries Minister, Guy Barnett continues his obstinate refusal to listen to the evidence when it comes to native duck shooting.
In 2019, waterbird population surveys across eastern mainland states found numbers of birds in areas of wetlands were the lowest since counts began in 1983.
Minister Guy Barnett’s constant refusal to be honest is disrespectful to both the Tasmanian people and their democratic processes.
