Hunting plan a 'deliberate attack' on environment, says Debus
Costume protest ... Kayleigh Greig, 9, said she was concerned animals would be shot. Photo: Amy Corderoy The government's decision to allow hunting in national parks is part of a “deliberate attack”...
View ArticleNo silencers for shooters in park culls, says Premier
Barry O'Farrell ... ruled out using silencers. THE Premier, Barry O'Farrell, has ruled out allowing hunters to use silencers while shooting feral animals in national parks. A leaked draft risk...
View ArticleDuck hunt ban to be overturned: Robertson
AAP NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has done a "dirty deal" with the Shooters Party to overturn a 20-year ban on duck hunting and protect hunters from protesters, the NSW opposition claims. Shooters MP...
View ArticleO'Farrell finally pulls trigger on reform
In the language of hunting there are two kinds of shot, the ''sight shot'' and the ''sound shot''. Opportunities are often fleeting, so the sound shot is a reaction to noise only. A shot at an unseen...
View ArticleHundreds of feral goats culled
Almost two thousand feral goats have been culled and left to rot in the south-west of Wellington city to protect the environment. Wellington City Council says it has shot a total of 1800 goats over...
View ArticleCall for feral horse cull in Kosciuszko
There are calls for professional hunters to be able to cull feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park. The call from the conservation group, the National Parks Association of NSW (NPA), follows a...
View ArticleConfessions of a deer hunter
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View ArticlePlan to let minors shoot in parks
CHILDREN as young as 12 would be allowed to hunt in national parks with bows and arrows and guns under plans by the Game Council NSW. Parks staff are threatening to strike if the...
View ArticleGame boss suspended over illegal hunt claim
Under investigation … Greg McFarland and Andy Mallen. Photo: Supplied, Chris Lane (right) THE state government's plan to allow hunting in national parks is in turmoil after the acting head of the Game...
View ArticleHunters not welcome in parks
The ACT government looks unlikely to allow hunting for recreation in our national parks. Photo: Greg Newington THE ACT government has ruled out ever opening the territory's national parks to...
View ArticleShooters Party calls shots on how parks will handle hunting
THE Shooters and Fishers Party has claimed national parks will be opened for hunting shortly after Christmas and shooters will be able to operate without close supervision, despite assurances by the...
View ArticlePark visitors could be in line of fire
New risk … Keith Muir at Blackheath. Photo: Rick Stevens Barry O'Farrell has been warned of a ''major risk'' that bushwalkers and parks staff will be killed or seriously injured if the state...
View ArticleDead goat halts guns in parks proposal
THE controversial plan to allow hunters to shoot in national parks has been suspended while a member of the Game Council is investigated for allegedly killing a goat on private property. Premier Barry...
View ArticleShooters were caught drunk and on drugs
Licensed shooters have been caught with prohibited firearms, using drugs and alcohol, and trespassing on restricted land, official reports reveal, as the NSW government prepares to expand amateur...
View ArticleHunt fury may trigger park disruptions
ACCESS to national parks could be interrupted over summer as rangers consider ways to protest against the state government's introduction of hunting in NSW's 800 parks. Anger among National Parks and...
View ArticleLetting shooters in parks a risky deal
To secure passage of its electricity privatisation bill through the Legislative Council, the O'Farrell government recently sealed a deal with the Shooters and Fishers Party to allow licensed shooters...
View ArticleHunting in national parks put on hold
Plans to allow hunting in NSW's national parks have been put on hold following revelations that charges could be laid against a member of the NSW Game Council. Premier Barry O'Farrell told NSW...
View ArticleSave the deer - for hunters
''Horror trial'' … the mysterious pamphlet. Animal welfare groups say hunters are behind a mysterious campaign to stop the poisoning of feral deer and goats in national parks - because it will only...
View ArticlePower deal opens parks to shooters
THE O'Farrell government has cleared the way for its ambitious infrastructure program by securing a deal with the Shooters and Fishers Party to allow the privatisation of the state's power generators,...
View ArticleDark side of hunting culture cannot be ignored
EDITORIAL THE taxpayer-funded Game Council NSW will help oversee the O'Farrell government's expansion of amateur hunting into national parks from March. The council has few staff. In a video on...
View ArticleFeral animals are now fair game in NSW national parks
THESE are some of the beasts in the crosshairs of shooters hunting feral animals in NSW national parks. Shooters will be able to hunt in parks by the end of the year amid concerns that populations of...
View ArticleO'Farrell deal on hunting still a misfire
Predicament .... NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell. The phrase ''blood on your hands'' entered Australian political history in 1983 when the journalist Richard Carleton took the new federal opposition...
View ArticleAfter law change, conservationist fears a shot in the park
As thick and seemingly as sinister as pythons, this strangler fig's roots sprawl 50 metres across the forest floor in Murramarang National Park, in a silent, relentless fight for sunlight, water and...
View ArticleAdvice warns of dangers of shooting in parks
THE introduction of recreational hunting in national parks is likely to jeopardise public safety and drive out other users, according to confidential documents that raise questions about the state...
View ArticleParks shooting bill passes NSW upper house
Legislation allowing shooting in NSW national parks and reserves has cleared its first hurdle after upper house MPs passed it by 20 votes to 17. The changes to the Game and Feral Animal Control Act,...
View ArticleO'Farrell shoots down bid by hunters to use silencers
Barry O'Farrell ... ruled out using silencers. The Premier, Barry O'Farrell, has rushed to stem the fallout from revelations that the Office of Environment and Heritage was developing plans to allow...
View ArticlePremier's park hunting backdown the price of power sale
Barry O'Farrell. Photo: AFR National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its...
View ArticleHunting in parks put on hold
THE Premier has called a halt to the introduction of hunting in national parks, ordering a review into the organisation overseeing it, after initial investigations found evidence suggesting an...
View ArticleFears for public safety over short-notice hunting
EXCLUSIVE Shooting in parks: Game Council volunteer Edward Hoogenboom has been charged with offences relating to illegal hunting. Photo: Jacky Ghossein Hunting will occur in national parks with as...
View ArticleHunting now allowed in NSW parks
AAP A controversial law that will allow hunters into national parks has been passed by NSW Parliament following hours of fractious debate. The Shooters Party's changes to the Game and Feral Animal...
View ArticleO'Farrell's 10% of parks for hunting is 40% of total area
Barry O'Farrell provided a list of 79 parks, conservation areas and nature reserves under consideration for volunteer pest control. ALMOST 40 per cent of NSW's national parks, including several...
View ArticleState forest hunting under the gun
Neutral: State forests could get the same hunting rules as national parks. Photo: Chris Lane Hunting in state forests is likely to be permanently curtailed under a government shake-up. New rules will...
View ArticleShooting prompts hunt safety doubts in NSW
AAP NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell remains committed to plans to allow hunting in national parks despite a ban on a similar program in South Australia. South Australia's pest eradication program was shut...
View ArticleAccident triggers calls to improve hunt safety
A shooting accident in South Australia has resulted in the shutdown of all amateur hunting in that state's national parks,...
View ArticleSporting Shooters' Association at odds with parks on hunting trial
The state's biggest shooting lobby has told its members it will run the trial of hunting in national parks, and aims to convince the...
View ArticleUrban dwellers miss mark with Shooters' support
Shooters Party MP Robert Brown had to take two blood pressure tablets before entering the NSW upper house to debate a law that has succeeded in disbanding his beloved Game Council and...
View ArticleTime is right for O'Farrell to kill off hunting plan
EDITORIAL It was a pig of a plan from the start: allowing amateur shooters into national parks because the NSW government's real agenda was being held hostage by a couple of minor-party upper house...
View ArticleNo secret deal with Shooters: O'Farrell
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell - already under fire over his agreement to allow shooting in national parks - said there was "nothing untoward" about his push to have minor party entitlements reviewed...
View ArticleBlow to Game Council as leaders charged over hunt
Guns seized: Edward Hoogenboom (left) and Greg McFarland will face court over 17 offences. Photo: Steve Gosch The Game Council's role as the guardian of ethical hunting has been further damaged after a...
View ArticleSenior hunting official charged
EXCLUSIVE Illegal hunting charges ... Eddie Hoogenboom and Greg McFarland. Photo: Steve Gosch The Game Council's role as the guardian of ethical hunting is in tatters after a senior manager and a...
View ArticleNational Park users worried about being shot by stray bullets from hunters
VISITORS to NSW National Parks soon face the stark realisation that they could be shot. Literally. A deal struck between the O'Farrell Government and the Shooters and Fishers party to allow amateur and...
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