Thursday, 20 November 2025

 Georgie PURCELL (Northern Victoria) (12:50): (2016) My constituency question is for the Minister for Environment. Yet another kangaroo has been found alive with her jaw blown off in my electorate. Killing kangaroos remains completely legal in Victoria under commercial shooting programs and permit systems. This is despite the mounting evidence of many kangaroos being wounded but not killed, which is in fact illegal but not monitored. The most recent example that has come to light occurred in Kinglake. Kate from Murrindindi Ranges Wildlife Shelter found a live kangaroo with her lower jaw blown off and infested with maggots from the days that she had been suffering before she was euthanised. There is clearly an issue with a number of kangaroos being shot and illegally left to suffer in Northern Victoria, so I ask: how many times have compliance measures been deployed in my electorate this year?