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Monday, 13 January 2024 < 1 mins read

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  • Animal Animal WelfareRights, Government VIC
  • 14/02/2025
  • 16:36
Coalition Against Duck Shooting

Premier Jacinta Allan has the blood of Australia’s native waterbirds on her hands Premier’s call on duck shooting ignores the risk of spreading deadly bird flu Regional Victorians want Tourism, not recreational native bird shooting

COALITION AGAINST DUCK SHOOTING Media Release 14 February 2025 Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has ignored all the warnings by announcing a three-month duck shooting seasonwith a bag limit of nine birds per shooter per day. Premier Allan has the blood of Australia’s native waterbirds onher hands. Waterbird numbers are already low and the Premier risks spreading the deadly H5N1 bird flu as well asthe highly pathogenic H7N8 strain by shooters and rescuers disturbing and handling any birds that may be infectedon the wetlands, the Coalition Against Duck Shooting Campaign Director, Laurie Levy, said today. “With the imminent threat of the…

  • Government VIC, Medical Health Aged Care
  • 11/02/2025
  • 15:33
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education

FARE supports Victorian Coroner’s calls for alcohol delivery reforms

The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) has supported Coroner Ingrid Giles’ call for reforms to the state’s alcohol laws today, including restrictions to the delivery of alcohol. Following the Inquest into the death of Victorian woman, Ms Kathleen Arnold, due to “alcohol toxicity in the context of chronic alcohol consumption,” the Coroner’s recommendations include: - prohibit home delivery of alcohol between 10pm and 10am. - require a minimum two-hour delay between order and dispatch of alcohol for home delivery. - develop a new Alcohol Action Plan or a program of work (including specific actions,timeframes, accountabilities, and public reporting…

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  • CharitiesAidWelfare, Government VIC
  • 31/01/2025
  • 06:30
Council to Homeless Persons

Victoria’s last-place ranking on social housing demands answers

Victoria’s peak homelessness body has urged all political leaders to guarantee this year is the last time the state will be ranked last nationally on social housing. Council to Homeless Persons has warned the state’s ignominious title of Australia’s worst state for proportion of social housing is having dire real-world consequences. The Productivity Commission’s latest annual Report on Government Services reveals just 2.9% of Victorian households are in social housing –well behind the national average of 3.9%. This is despite more than a third (36%) of all Australians seeking homelessness support in 2023/24 being from Victoria. In 2023/24, one-quarter of…

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