COALITION AGAINST DUCK SHOOTING
Media Release
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Coalition Against Duck Shooting to target Labor MP Bronwyn Pike’s office at 12
noon today to encourage voters to put ‘Greens First and Labor Last’.
As part of its campaign to support the Greens in the Victorian election next month, a noisy rally will
be held outside Bronwyn Pike’s electoral office, 146 – 148 Peel Street, North Melbourne, at 12
noon today, Thursday, 14 October, 2010.
Campaign Director Laurie Levy today said that the Coalition Against Duck Shooting will be doing
everything possible to help the Greens win the four inner-city Labor seats of Melbourne,
Richmond, Brunswick and Northcote on November 27.
Today the waterbird conservation group will be targeting Labor MP, Bronwyn Pike’s electoral
office, handing out informative leaflets and urging residents to ‘Vote Greens first and Labor last’.
Leaflets will be distributed throughout the four hotly contested electorates prior to the election.
The Coalition Against Duck Shooting has been disappointed by the Victorian Government’s refusal
to follow WA, NSW and Queensland where Labor Governments have banned the recreational
shooting of native waterbirds,” Levy said.
“It is difficult to understand the priorities of the Brumby Labor Government. For example,
Education Minister Bronwyn Pike cannot find the money to build a badly needed new school for
disabled children, yet $12.7million of hard-earned taxpayers’ money was handed over to shooters
in the last Budget, just to build a new shooting centre.
“A sadly out of touch modern day Brumby Labor Government continues to pander to shooters by
sanctioning the recreational shooting of native waterbirds. In fact, there is no difference between
the government’s policy and that of the Liberal and National Parties.
“We would expect more from a Premier who claims to be an innovative leader. In fact, this self-
proclaimed innovative Premier has the same conservative policy on native waterbirds that the
Bolte Liberal Government had 50 years ago,” Levy continued.
“An October 2007 Morgan Poll showed that 87% of Victorians want the recreational shooting of
native waterbirds banned. Just last week an RSPCA and Coalition Against Duck Shooting petition
was tabled in Parliament with over 30,000 signatures calling on the government to ban
recreational duck shooting.
“Victorians have had enough. It’s time to ‘move forward’ and the only way to do this is for the
public to vote Greens first and Labor last on November 27,” concluded Levy.
For further information:
Laurie Levy
Campaign Director
Mobile: 0418 392 826
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