Tuesday, 14 October 2025


Constituency questions

Northern Victoria Region


Georgie PURCELL

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Northern Victoria Region

 Georgie PURCELL (Northern Victoria) (13:07): My question is for the Minister for Environment. For the first time in 14 years legislation was introduced to establish Victoria’s first major new national parks. These parks are home to over 380 rare and threatened plant and animal species, including the greater glider. However, the bill permits recreational deer hunting across most public land as well as some areas within the three new national parks. This raises immediate concerns about its impact on native wildlife and the preservation of these protected areas. In Victoria 1080 poison is routinely used to lethally control what our government would deem ‘problem species’, including our native dingoes. It is an indiscriminate poison with no known antidote and poses a severe risk to all wildlife, including non-target species. As these new national parks cover significant parts of my electorate of Northern Victoria, can the minister confirm whether 1080 poison will be used in them?