Northern Victoria Region
Georgie PURCELL (Northern Victoria) (12:56): (331) My constituency question is for the Minister for Environment. Recently I spoke in this chamber about the government’s plan to drastically increase the quota in the central shooting zone under the disgraceful kangaroo harvest management plan, significantly impacting Mount Alexander shire. Mount Alexander is made up of passionate wildlife lovers, environmentalists and tourism businesses distressed at the impact that even more kangaroo shooting will have in their own backyards. Over the winter break, on 17 July, Mount Alexander Shire Council formally voted to lobby the state government to ban commercial kangaroo shooting in their area. Will the state government listen to the community and cancel their plans to slaughter kangaroos in droves by the cover of darkness in this region?